11 All good things came to me with her, and innumerable riches are in her hands. (WEB) 12 And I rejoiced over them all because wisdom leads them; although I didn’t know that she was their mother. (WEB) 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 that I may speak his judgment, and to conceive thoughts worthy of what has been given me; because he is one who guides even wisdom and who corrects the wise. (WEB) 16 For both we and our words are in his hand, with all understanding and skill in various crafts. (WEB) 17 For he himself gave me an unerring knowledge of the things that are, to know the structure of the universe and the operation of the elements; (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 7:11–17
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Wisdom of Solomon 8:3–5
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Wisdom of Solomon 7:21–23
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