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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 mortals; those who get it obtain friendship with God, commended for the gifts that come from instruction.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, 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.