15. By me kings reign,and princes decree justice.
16. By me princes rule;nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
17. I love those who love me.Those who seek me diligently will find me.
18. With me are riches, honour,enduring wealth, and prosperity.
19. My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold;my yield than choice silver.
20. I walk in the way of righteousness,in the middle of the paths of justice;
21. that I may give wealth to those who love me.I fill their treasuries.
22. “The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his work,before his deeds of old.
23. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,before the earth existed.
24. When there were no depths, I was born,when there were no springs abounding with water.
25. Before the mountains were settled in place,before the hills, I was born;
26. while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27. When he established the heavens, I was there;when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
28. when he established the clouds above,when the springs of the deep became strong,