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Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out.
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For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean.
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I, wisdom, have poured out rivers.
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I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a channel of a river. and like an aqueduct, came out of paradise.
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I said: I will water my garden of plants, and I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow.
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And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea:
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For I make doctrine to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off.
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I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord.
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I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and will leave it to them that seek wisdom, and will not cease to instruct their offspring even to the holy age.
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See ye that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek out the truth.