Wisdom of Solomon 8:16
“After the preaching of the divine word, after the labors of good works by which holy men outwardly offer comfort to their listeners, returning to the homes of their hearts, they devote themselves in meditation to the contemplation of divine wisdom, and therefore, from the troublesome annoyances of secular affairs, the…”
16After I am come into mine house, I will repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and joy.
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14I shall set the people in order, and the nations shall be subject unto me.
15Horrible tyrants shall be afraid, when they do but hear of me; I shall be found good among the multitude, and valiant in war.
— Wisdom of Solomon 8:16 —
17Now when I considered these things in myself, and pondered them in my heart, how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality;
18And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.