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For no king has had a different beginning of existence;
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there is for all mankind one entrance into life, and a common departure.
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Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
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I preferred her to scepters and thrones, and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.
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Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, because all gold is but a little sand in her sight, and silver will be accounted as clay before her.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.