^{14 Ref} Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

^{15 Ref} By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.

¹⁶ By me princes rule, And nobles, `even' all the judges of the earth.

^{17 Ref} I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

^{18 Ref} Riches and honor are with me; `Yea', durable wealth and righteousness.

^{19 Ref} My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.

^{20 Ref} I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;

^{21 Ref} That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.

^{22 Ref} Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

^{23 Ref} I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

^{24 Ref} When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.

^{25 Ref} Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

^{26 Ref} While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.