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For no king has had a different beginning of existence;
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there is for all one entrance into life, and one way out.
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Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called on God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
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I preferred her to scepters and thrones, and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.
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Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, because all gold is but a little sand in her sight, and silver will be accounted as clay before her.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.