10 I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her bright shining is never laid to sleep. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 7:10
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Wisdom of Solomon 7:28–30
28 For God loves nothing as much as one who dwells with wisdom. (WEB) 29 For she is fairer than the sun, and above all the constellations of the stars. She is better than light. (WEB) 30 For daylight yields to night, but evil does not prevail against wisdom. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 8:1–3
1 But she reaches from one end to the other with full strength, and orders all things well. (WEB) 2 I loved her and sought her from my youth. I sought to take her for my bride. I became enamoured by her beauty. (WEB) 3 She glorifies her noble birth by living with God. The Sovere… (WEB)
Sirach 4:11–13
11 Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her. (WEB) 12 He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness. (WEB) 13 He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 6:14–16
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)
Wisdom of Solomon 8:17–19
17 When I considered these things in myself, and thought in my heart how immortality is in kinship to wisdom, (WEB) 18 and in her friendship is good delight, and in the labors of her hands is wealth that doesn’t fail, and understanding is in her companionship, and great r… (WEB)
Proverbs 4:5–7
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them. 6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you. 7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
Sirach 51:19–21
19 My soul has wrestled with her. In my conduct I was exact. I spread out my hands to the sky above, and bewailed my ignorances of her. (WEB) 20 I directed my soul to her. In purity I found her. I got myself a heart joined with her from the beginning. Therefore I won’t be… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 7:13–15
13 As I learned without guile, I impart without grudging. I don’t hide her riches. (WEB) 14 For she is a treasure for men that doesn’t fail, and those who use it obtain friendship with God, commended by the gifts which they present through discipline. (WEB) 15 But may God grant tha… (WEB)
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