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Wisdom reacheth from one end to another mightily, and sweetly doth she order all things.
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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.
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In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility; yea, the Lord of all things Himself loved her.
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For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of His works.
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If riches be a possession to be desired in this life, what is richer than wisdom that worketh all things?
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And if prudence work, who of all that are is a more skillful workman than she?
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And if a man love righteousness, her labors are virtues; for she teacheth temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in their life.
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If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come; she knoweth the subtleties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences; she foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and times.