Sirach 47:15–18

¹⁵Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever: O how wise wast thou in thy youth!

¹⁶And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth.

¹⁷And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

¹⁸The countries wondered at thee for thy canticles, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations,