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kept him safe from his enemies, protected him from their scheming. She would have him wrestle manfully, and prove that there is no strength like the strength of wisdom. (Wisdom of Solomon 10, 12)
When Joseph, in his innocence, was sold for a slave, Wisdom did not desert him, did not leave him among the guilty, but went down with him into his dungeon. (Wisdom of Solomon 10, 13)
Wisdom opened the dumb mouths, and made the lips of infants✻ vocal with praise. (Wisdom of Solomon 10, 21)
So careful art thou that the gifts thy wisdom affords us should not go unused; man ventures his life on a few planks, and the frail barque gives him safe conduct across the waves. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 5)
PREFACE: Many are the important truths conveyed to us by the law, by the prophets and by those other writers who have followed them. Israel must be given credit for its own philosophical tradition, suited not only to instruct those who talk its language, but to reach, in spoken or written form, the outside world too, and bring it great enlightenment. No wonder if my own grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself to the careful study of the law, the prophets, and our other ancestral records, had a mind to put something in writing himself that should bear on this philosophical tradition, to claim the attention of eager students who had already mastered it, and to encourage their observance of the law. I must beg its readers to come well-disposed to their task, and to follow me closely, making allowances for me wherever I seem to have failed in the right marshalling of words, as I pass on wisdom at second hand. Hebrew words lose their force when they are translated into another language; moreover, when the Hebrews read out the law, the prophets, and the other books among themselves, they read them out in a greatly different form. It was in my thirty-eighth year,✻ in the reign of Euergetes, that I went to Egypt and spent some time there. When I found writings preserved there which were of high doctrinal value, it seemed to me right and fitting that I, too, should be at some pains; I would set about translating this book. Learning I gave to the task and long labour, and so brought it to an end; and so I offer the book to all who are ready to apply their minds to it, and learn how a man must frame his conduct if he would live by the divine law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 0)
All wisdom has one source; it dwelt with the Lord God before ever time began. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 1)
ere God’s wisdom thou canst trace to her origin, that was before all. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 3)
(What is wisdom’s fount? God’s word above. What is her course? His eternal commandments.✻ ) (Ecclesiasticus 1, 5)
Love of God is wisdom worth the having; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 14)
The fear of the Lord lends wisdom that piety which is hers; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 17)
The fear of the Lord is wisdom’s fulfilment, yields the deep draught that satisfies; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 20)
The fear of the Lord is wisdom’s crown; with this, peace and health are thine to enjoy; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 22)
