Wisdom of Solomon 7:7-21
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7 Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
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8 I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.
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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.
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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.
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11 All good things together came to me with her, and innumerable riches in her hands.
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12 And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them: and I knew not that she was the mother of them.
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13 I learned diligently, and do communicate her liberally: I do not hide her riches.
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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.
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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.
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16 For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.
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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:
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18 The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:
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19 The circuits of years, and the positions of stars:
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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:
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21 And all such things as are either secret or manifest, them I know.