Proverbs 8:6

REASONS WHY MEN SHOULD HEED HER ADMONITIONS

"Hear, for I will speak excellent things;

And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

For my mouth shall utter truth;

And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;

There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

They are all plain to him that understandeth,

And right to them that find knowledge.

Receive my instruction, and not silver;

And knowledge rather than choice gold.

For wisdom is better than rubies;

And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to her."

"Proverbs 8:6-9 here form a group of aphorisms, all saying substantially the same thing, with variations of phraseology."[7] Men should heed the words of Wisdom because they are true, righteous, valuable, more desirable than gold, just, holy and absolutely devoid of anything crooked or corrupt.

"They are all plain ... to them that find knowledge" (Proverbs 8:9). There's something special about this verse. "We have the assumption here that people know in their hearts that God's moral procedure is right, and a direct recognition of the insight of the conscience. The world is divided into two classes, the wise and the fools, and it depends upon the man's will to which of these he shall belong."[8]