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Until I came and saw for myself, I did not believe the reports, but clearly I was told less than half about the true extent of your wisdom. You surpass what was reported to me. (2 Chronicles 9, 6)
How fortunate your people are! How fortunate your courtiers, continually in attendance on you and listening to your wisdom! (2 Chronicles 9, 7)
For riches and for wisdom, King Solomon surpassed all kings on earth, (2 Chronicles 9, 22)
and all the kings in the world consulted Solomon to hear the wisdom which God had implanted in his heart, (2 Chronicles 9, 23)
'And you, Ezra, by virtue of the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and scribes to administer justice for the whole people of Transeuphrates, that is, for all who know the Law of your God; and you are to teach it to those who do not know it. (Ezra 7, 25)
I, Tobit, have walked in paths of truth and in good works all the days of my life. I have given much in alms to my brothers and fellow country-folk, exiled like me to Nineveh in the country of Assyria. (Tobit 1, 3)
I gave my bread to the hungry and clothes to those who lacked them; and I buried, when I saw them, the bodies of my country-folk thrown over the walls of Nineveh. (Tobit 1, 17)
Bless the Lord God in everything; beg him to guide your ways and bring your paths and purposes to their end. For wisdom is not the property of every nation; their desire for what is good is conferred by the Lord. At his will he lifts up or he casts down to the depths of the dwelling of the dead. So now, my child, remember these precepts and never let hem fade from your heart. (Tobit 4, 19)
Achior, leader of all the Ammonites, replied, 'May my lord be pleased to listen to what your servant is going to say. I shall give you the facts about these mountain folk whose home lies close to you. You will hear no lie from the mouth of your servant. (Judith 5, 5)
Not that today is the first time your wisdom has been displayed; from your earliest years all the people have known how shrewd you are and of how sound a heart. (Judith 8, 29)
Her words pleased Holofernes, and all his adjutants. Full of admiration at her wisdom they exclaimed, (Judith 11, 20)
Their tent-peg is snatched from them, and they die devoid of wisdom.' (Job 4, 21)
