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For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth;
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for all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
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Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
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I preferred her before scepters and thrones, and esteemed riches as nothing in comparison to her;
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neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all gold with respect to her is as a little sand, and silver shall be counted as clay before her.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.