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Proverbs 8:15-23 English Standard Version (ESV)

15. By me kings reign,and rulers decree what is just;

16. by me princes rule,and nobles, all who govern justly.

17. I love those who love me,and those who seek me diligently find me.

18. Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.

19. My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold,and my yield than choice silver.

20. I walk in the way of righteousness,in the paths of justice,

21. granting an inheritance to those who love me,and filling their treasuries.

22. “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work,the first of his acts of old.

23. Ages ago I was set up,at the first, before the beginning of the earth.