6 but all men have one entrance into life, and a common departure. (WEB) 7 For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given to me. I asked, and a spirit of wisdom came to me. (WEB) 8 I preferred her before sceptres and thrones. I considered riches nothing in comparison to her. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 7:6–8
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Wisdom of Solomon 8:16–18
16 When I come into my house, I will find rest with her. For conversation with her has no bitterness, and living with her has no pain, but gladness and joy. (WEB) 17 When I considered these things in myself, and thought in my heart how immortality is in kinship to wisdom, (WEB) 18 … (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 15:2–4
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Sirach 51:16–18
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Sirach 51:12–14
12 You saved me from destruction and delivered me from the evil time. Therefore I will give thanks and praise to you, and bless the name of the Lord. (WEB) 13 When I was yet young, before I went abroad, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer. (WEB) 14 Before the temple I asked for her… (WEB)
2 Esdras 13:54–56
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Wisdom of Solomon 6:19–21
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Wisdom of Solomon 7:14–16
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 gi… (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 17:11–13
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