28 The first man didn’t know her perfectly. In like manner, the last has not explored her. (WEB)
Sirach 24:28
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Baruch 3:30–32
30 Who has gone over the sea, found her, and will bring her for choice gold? (WEB) 31 There is no one who knows her way, nor any who comprehend her path. (WEB) 32 But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding. He who prepared the earth for all time… (WEB)
Sirach 14:20–22
20 Blessed is the man who meditates on wisdom, and who reasons by his understanding. (WEB) 21 He who considers her ways in his heart will also have knowledge of her secrets. (WEB) 22 Go after her like a hunter, and lie in wait in her paths. (WEB)
Job 28:6–8
6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold. 7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it. 8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
Sirach 6:19–21
19 Come to her as one who plows and sows and wait for her good fruit; for your toil will be little in her cultivation, and you will soon eat of her fruit. (WEB) 20 How exceedingly harsh she is to the unlearned! He who is without understanding will not remain in her. (WEB) 21 She wi… (WEB)
Proverbs 2:18–20
18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. 19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life. 20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Sirach 15:6–8
6 He will inherit joy, a crown of gladness, and an everlasting name. (WEB) 7 Foolish men will not obtain her. Sinners will not see her. (WEB) 8 She is far from pride. Liars will not remember her. (WEB)
Baruch 3:19–21
19 they have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have come up in their place. (WEB) 20 Younger men have seen the light and lived upon the earth, but they haven’t known the way of knowledge, (WEB) 21 nor understood its paths. Their children haven’t embraced it. They are far… (WEB)
Proverbs 30:1–3
1 These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out. 2 Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man. 3 I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy O…
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