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As for wisdom, what she is and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you; but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
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Therefore the desire for wisdom bringeth to a kingdom.
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If your delight be then in thrones and scepters, O ye kings of the people, honor wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore.
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As for wisdom, what she is and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you; but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
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Neither will I go with consuming envy, for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
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But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world; and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.