filed thing fall into her.
Wis 7:26
For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the
unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his
goodness.
Wis 7:27
And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in
herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering
into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets.
Wis 7:28
For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom.
Wis 7:29
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the
order of stars: being compared with the light, she is found
before it.
Wis 7:30
For after this cometh night: but vice shall not prevail
against wisdom.
Wis 8:1
Wisdom reacheth from one end to another mightily: and sweetly
doth she order all things.
Wis 8:2
I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to
make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty.
Wis 8:3
In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her
nobility: yea, the Lord of all things himself loved her.
Wis 8:4
For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God,
and a lover of his works.
Wis 8:5
If riches be a possession to be desired in this life; what is
richer than wisdom, that worketh all things?
Wis 8:6
And if prudence work; who of all that are is a more cunning
workman than she?
Wis 8:7
And if a man love righteousness her labours are virtues: for
she teacheth temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude:
which are such things, as en can have nothing more profitable in
their life.
Wis 8:8
If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old,
and conjectureth aright what is to come: she knoweth the
subtilties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: she
foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and
times.
Wis 8:9
Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me,
knowing that she would be a counsellor of good things, and a
comfort in cares and grief.
Wis 8:10
For her sake I shall have estimation among the multitude, and
honour with the elders, though I be young.
Wis 8:11
I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be
admired in the sight of great men.
Wis 8:12
When I hold my tongue, they shall bide my leisure, and when I
speak, they shall give good ear unto me: if I talk much, they
shall lay their hands upon their mouth.
Wis 8:13
Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality, and
leave behind me an everlasting memorial to them that come a
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