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Solomon’s Love for Wisdom

(Cp Prov 8:22–31)

2 I loved her and sought her from my youth;

I desired to take her for my bride,

and became enamored of her beauty.

3 She glorifies her noble birth by living with God,

and the Lord of all loves her.

4 For she is an initiate in the knowledge of God,

and an associate in his works.

5 If riches are a desirable possession in life,

what is richer than wisdom, the active cause of all things?

6 And if understanding is effective,

who more than she is fashioner of what exists?

7 And if anyone loves righteousness,

her labors are virtues;

for she teaches self-control and prudence,

justice and courage;

nothing in life is more profitable for mortals than these.

8 And if anyone longs for wide experience,

she knows the things of old, and infers the things to come;

she understands turns of speech and the solutions of riddles;

she has foreknowledge of signs and wonders

and of the outcome of seasons and times.

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