Proverbs

²⁹When He gave to the sea its limit and His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He appointed the foundations of the earth–[Job 38:10, 11; Ps. 104:6-9; Jer. 5:22.] ³⁰Then I [Wisdom] was beside Him as a master and director of the work; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always, [Matt. 3:17; John 1:2, 18.] ³¹Rejoicing in His inhabited earth and delighting in the sons of men. [Ps. 16:3.] ³²Now therefore listen to me, O you sons; for blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who keep my ways. [Ps. 119:1, 2; 128:1, 2; Luke 11:28.] ³³Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse or neglect it. ³⁴Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. ³⁵For whoever finds me [Wisdom] finds life and draws forth and obtains favor from the Lord.