1. Listen! Wisdom is calling out.Reason is making herself heard.
2. On the hilltops near the roadand at the crossroads she stands.
3. At the entrance to the city,beside the gates, she calls:
4. “I appeal to all of you;I call to everyone on earth.
5. Are you immature? Learn to be mature.Are you foolish? Learn to have sense.
6. Listen to my excellent words;all I tell you is right.
7. What I say is the truth;lies are hateful to me.
8. Everything I say is true;nothing is false or misleading.
9. To those with insight, it is all clear;to the well-informed, it is all plain.
10. Choose my instruction instead of silver;choose knowledge rather than the finest gold.
11. “I am Wisdom, I am better than jewels;nothing you want can compare with me.