Chapter 7

¹ I myself also am a mortal man, like to all,

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² And in my mother’s womb was fashioned to be flesh

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³ And when I was born, I drew in the common air,

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⁴ I was nursed in swaddling clothes, and that with cares.

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⁵ For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth.

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⁶ For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.

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⁷ Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me:

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⁸ I preferred her before scepters and thrones,

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⁹ Neither compared I unto her any precious stone,

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¹⁰ I loved her above health and beauty,

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¹¹ All good things together came to me with her,

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¹² And I rejoiced in [them] all, because wisdom goeth before them:

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¹³ I learned diligently, and do communicate [her] liberally:

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¹⁴ For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth:

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¹⁵ God hath granted me to speak as I would,

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¹⁶ For in his hand are both we and our words;

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¹⁷ For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are,

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¹⁸ The beginning, ending, and midst of the times:

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¹⁹ The circuits of years, and positions of stars:

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²⁰ The natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild beasts:

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²¹ And all such things as are either secret or manifest, [them] I know.

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²² For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me:

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²³ kind to man,

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²⁴ For wisdom is more moving than any motion:

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²⁵ For she is the breath of the power of God,

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²⁶ For she is the brightness of the everlasting light,

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²⁷ And being but one, she can do all things:

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²⁸ For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom.

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²⁹ For she is more beautiful than the sun,

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³⁰ For after this cometh night:

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