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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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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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For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.
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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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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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The circuits of years, and the positions of stars:
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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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And all such things as are either secret or manifest, them I know.
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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,
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Kind to man, steadfast, sure, free from care, having all power, overseeing all things, and going through all understanding, pure, and most subtil, spirits.
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For wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.