1. Does not wisdom call?Does not understanding raise her voice?
2. On the heights beside the way,at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3. beside the gates in front of the town,at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
4. “To you, O men, I call,and my cry is to the children of man.
5. O simple ones, learn prudence;O fools, learn sense.
6. Hear, for I will speak noble things,and from my lips will come what is right,
7. for my mouth will utter truth;wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8. All the words of my mouth are righteous;there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.