Wisdom Again Personified
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Hi everyone, its Jacqueline and I thought of putting the Proverbs from a Catholic bible, its the not really long but a short one. I read the 4 gospels and just finished reading Acts of the Apostles then I went to the letters to the Hebrews where it talked about Jesus or Father Christ being a high Priest, Psalms and now the Proverbs.
Does wisdom not call meanwhile?
Does discernment not lift up her voice?
On the hilltop on the road,
On the crossways she takes her stand;
Beside the gates of the city,
At the approaches to the gates she cries aloud,
O men! I am calling to you;
My cry goes out to the sons of men;
You ignorant ones! Study discretion
And you fools, come to your senses!
Listen! I have serious things to tell you,
Rom my lips come honest words
My mouth proclaims the truth
Wickedness is hateful to my lips.
All the words I say are right
Nothing wasted in them, nothing false
All straightforward to whom who understands
Honest to those who knows what knowledge means.
Accept my discipline rather than silver
Knowledge in preference to pure gold.
For wisdom is more precious than pearls,
And nothing else is so worthy of desire.
05092015
Copyright © Jacqueline R. Mendoza | Year Posted 2015
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