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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.
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I purposed therefore to take her to me to live with me: knowing that she will communicate to me of her good things, and will be a comfort in my cares and grief.
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For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young:
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And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me.
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They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak, and if I talk much they shall lay their hands on their mouths.
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Moreover by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me.