WISDOM IS FEMALE -- the casting of pearls

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Date Posted: 14:54:54 03/25/08 Tue
Author: jennywren
Subject: WISDOM IS FEMALE

WHO IS THE FEMALE CALLED WISDOM.???THINK......
Proverbs 3:13-19
[13] Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,
[14] for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
[15] She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
[16] Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
[17] Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
[18] She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.
[19] By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place".
Proverbs 8
"[1] Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
[2] On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
[3] beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud:
[4] "To you, O men, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
[5] You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, gain understanding.
[6] Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.
[7] My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.
[8] All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.
[9] To the discerning all of them are right; they are faultless to those who have knowledge.
[10] Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,
[11] for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
[12] "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.
[13] To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
[14] Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power.
[15] By me kings reign and rulers make laws that are just;
[16] by me princes govern, and all nobles who rule on earth.*
[17] I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
[18] With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. [19] My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.
[20] I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, [21] bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
[22] "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,** before his deeds of old;
[23] I was appointed* from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began.
[24] When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water;
[25] before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,
[26] before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world.
[27] I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
[28] when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
[29] when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
[30] Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,
[31] rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.
[32] "Now then, my sons, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
[33] Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
[34] Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.
[35] For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD.
[36] But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death."

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