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She reacheth therefore from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly.
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Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take her for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty.
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She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea and the Lord of all things hath loved her.
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For it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God, and is the chooser of his works.
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And if riches be desired in life, what is richer than wisdom, which maketh all things?
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And if sense do work: who is a more artful worker than she of those things that are?
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And if a man love justice: her labours have great virtues; for she teacheth temperance, and prudence, anad justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life.
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And if a man desire much knowledge: she knoweth things past, and judgeth of things to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and the solutions of arguments: she knoweth signs and wonders before they be done, and the events of times and ages.