Proverbs 8

חָכְמָה (chokmah), personified as a woman, calls out publicly from high places and city gates to all people, urging the naive and fools to embrace her superior instruction over silver, gold, or jewels, as she embodies truth, righteousness, prudence, and enduring riches.[1][2][3] She recounts her eternal presence with YHWH before creation, delighting in His works and humanity, promising life and His favor to those who heed her while warning that rejecting her leads to self-injury and love of death.[1][2][4]