eferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed
riches nothing in comparison of her.

Wis 7:9
Neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all
gold in respect of her is as a little sand, and silver shall be
counted as clay before her.

Wis 7:10
I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her
instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth
out.

Wis 7:11
All good things together came to me with her, and innumerable
riches in her hands.

Wis 7:12
And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them:
and I knew not that she was the mother of them.

Wis 7:13
I learned diligently, and do communicate her liberally: I do
not hide her riches.

Wis 7:14
For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth: which they
that use become the friends of God, being commended for the
gifts that come from learning.

Wis 7:15
God hath granted me to speak as I would, and to conceive as
is meet for the things that are given me: because it is he that
leadeth unto wisdom, and directeth the wise.

Wis 7:16
For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also,
and knowledge of workmanship.

Wis 7:17
For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that
are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation
of the elements:

Wis 7:18
The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the
alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of
seasons:

Wis 7:19
The circuits of years, and the positions of stars:

Wis 7:20
The natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild
beasts: the violence of winds, and the reasonings of men: the
diversities of plants and the virtues of roots:

Wis 7:21
And all such things as are either secret or manifest, them I
know.

Wis 7:22
For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for
in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only, manifold,
subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt,
loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be letted,
ready to do good,

Wis 7:23
Kind to man, steadfast, sure, free from care, having all
power, overseeing all things, and going through all
understanding, pure, and most subtil, spirits.

Wis 7:24
For wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and
goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.

Wis 7:25
For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure
influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can
no de