5 For the swiftness of the Word is inexpressible, and like its expression is its swiftness and force; (ODE) 6 And its course knows no limit. Never doth it fail, but it stands sure, and it knows not descent nor the way of it. (ODE) 7 For as its work is, so is its end: for it is light and the dawning of thought; (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 12:5–7
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2 Esdras 9:4–6
4 then will you understand that the Most High spoke of these things from the days that were of old, from the beginning. (WEB) 5 For just as with everything that is made in the world, the beginning is evident and the end manifest, (WEB) 6 so also are the times of the Most High: t… (WEB)
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14 He who rises up early to seek her won’t have difficulty, for he will find her sitting at his gates. (WEB) 15 For to think upon her is perfection of understanding, and he who watches for her will quickly be free from care; (WEB) 16 because she herself goes around, seeking those w… (WEB)
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