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Obey me, and you will never have cause for embarrassment; do as I say, and you will be safe from sin."
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Wisdom is the Law, the Law which Moses commanded us to keep, the covenant of God Most High, the inheritance of the synagogues of Israel.
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The Law overflows with Wisdom like the Pishon River, like the Tigris at fruit-picking time.
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The Law brims over with understanding like the Euphrates, like the Jordan at harvest time.
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It sparkles with teachings like the Nile, like the Gihon at grape-picking time.
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The first human being ever created never knew Wisdom completely, and the last person on earth will be no more successful.
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The possibilities of Wisdom are vaster than the ocean; her resources are more profound than the deepest waters beneath the earth.
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As for me, I thought of myself as an irrigation canal bringing water from a river into a garden.
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I only intended to water my orchard and flower beds, but the canal soon became a river, and the river became a sea.
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And so I present you with my learning; I hold it high, so that its light can be seen everywhere, like that of the rising sun.