The Value of Wisdom

Proverbs 8:1-11

Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?

At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

`Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men.

Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.

For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.

In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.