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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 before scepters and thrones, and esteemed riches as nothing in comparison to her;
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neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all gold with respect to her is as a little sand, and silver shall be counted as clay before her.
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I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light; for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.
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All good things together came to me with her, and innumerable riches in her hands.