Wisdom:7

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* I myself also am a mortal man , like to all , and the offspring of him that was first made of the earth , * And in my mother 's womb was fashioned to be flesh in the time of ten months , being compacted in blood , of the seed of man , and the pleasure that came with sleep . * And when I was born , I drew in the common air , and fell upon the earth , which is of like nature , and the first voice which I uttered was crying , as all others do . * I was nursed in swaddling clothes , and that with cares . * For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth . * For all men have one entrance into life , and the like going out . * Wherefore I prayed , and understanding was given me : I called upon God , and the spirit of wisdom came to me . * I preferred her before sceptres and thrones , and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her . * 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 . * 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 . * All good things together came to me with her , and innumerable riches in her hands . * And I rejoiced in them all , because wisdom goeth before them : and I knew not that she was the mother of them . * I learned diligently , and do communicate her liberally : I do not hide her riches . * 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 . * 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 . * For in his hand are both we and our words ; all wisdom also , and knowledge of workmanship . * 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 : * The beginning , ending , and midst of the times : the alterations of the turning of the sun , and the change of seasons : * The circuits of years , and the positions of stars : * 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 : * And all such things as are either secret or manifest , them I know . * 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 , * Kind to man , steadfast , sure , free from care , having all power , overseeing all things , and going through all understanding , pure , and most subtil , spirits . * For wisdom is more moving than any motion : she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness . * For she is the breath of the power of God , and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty : therefore can no defiled thing fall into her . * For she is the brightness of the everlasting light , the unspotted mirror of the power of God , and the image of his goodness . * 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 . * For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom . * 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 . * For after this cometh night : but vice shall not prevail against wisdom .

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