Proverbs

¹⁷I love those who love me, and those who seek me early and diligently shall find me. [I Sam. 2:30; Ps. 91:14; John 14:21; James 1:5.] ¹⁸Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation, and right standing with God). [Prov. 3:16; Matt. 6:33.] ¹⁹My fruit is better than gold, yes, than refined gold, and my increase than choice silver. ²⁰I [Wisdom] walk in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), in the midst of the paths of justice, ²¹That I may cause those who love me to inherit [true] riches and that I may fill their treasuries. ²²The Lord formed and brought me [Wisdom] forth at the beginning of His way, before His acts of old. ²³I [Wisdom] was inaugurated and ordained from everlasting, from the beginning, before ever the earth existed. [John 1:1; I Cor. 1:24.]