Verse 17
Proverbs 8:17
World Messianic Bible
17
I love those who love me.
Those who seek me diligently will find me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲ֭נִי אהבי/ה אֹהֲבַ֣/י אֵהָ֑ב וּ֝/מְשַׁחֲרַ֗/י יִמְצָאֻֽ/נְנִי
English Translation
I love my beloved; I will love, and those who seek me will find me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Doesn’t wisdom cry out?
Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
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On the top of high places by the way,
where the paths meet, she stands.
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Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
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“To you men, I call!
I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
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You simple, understand prudence.
You fools, be of an understanding heart.
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Hear, for I will speak excellent things.
The opening of my lips is for right things.
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For my mouth speaks truth.
Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness.
There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
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They are all plain to him who understands,
right to those who find knowledge.
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Receive my instruction rather than silver;
knowledge rather than choice gold.
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For wisdom is better than rubies.
All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
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“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling.
Find out knowledge and discretion.
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The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.
I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
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Counsel and sound knowledge are mine.
I have understanding and power.
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By me kings reign,
and princes decree justice.
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By me princes rule;
nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
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I love those who love me.
Those who seek me diligently will find me.
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With me are riches, honor,
enduring wealth, and prosperity.
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My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold;
my yield than choice silver.
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I walk in the way of righteousness,
in the middle of the paths of justice;
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that I may give wealth to those who love me.
I fill their treasuries.
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“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work,
before his deeds of old.
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I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
before the earth existed.
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When there were no depths, I was born,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
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Before the mountains were settled in place,
before the hills, I was born;
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while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
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When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
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when he established the clouds above,
when the springs of the deep became strong,
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when he gave to the sea its boundary,
that the waters should not violate his commandment,
when he ma...
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then I was the craftsman by his side.
I was a delight day by day,
always rejoicing before him,
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rejoicing in his whole world.
My delight was with the sons of men.
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“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
for blessed are those who keep my ways.
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Hear instruction, and be wise.
Don’t refuse it.
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Blessed is the man who hears me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at my door posts.
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For whoever finds me, finds life,
and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
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But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul.
All those who hate me love death.”
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