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I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases.
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All good things came to me along with her, and in her hands uncounted wealth.
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I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom leads them; but I did not know that she was their mother.
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I learned without guile and I impart without grudging; I do not hide her wealth,
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for it is an unfailing treasure for men; those who get it obtain friendship with God, commended for the gifts that come from instruction.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.