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There was no jewel I could match with it; all my treasures of gold were a handful of dust beside it, my silver seemed but base clay in presence of it. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 9)
Mind-enlightening is the influence that dwells in her; set high apart; one in its source, yet manifold in its operation; subtle, yet easily understood. An influence quick in movement, inviolable, persuasive, gentle, right-thinking, keen-edged, irresistible, beneficent, (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 22)
Bold is her sweep from world’s end to world’s end, and everywhere her gracious ordering manifests itself. (Wisdom of Solomon 8, 1)
Ever the soul is weighed down by a mortal body, earth-bound cell that clogs the manifold activity of its thought. (Wisdom of Solomon 9, 15)
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)
boldly they confronted their enemy, and overcame his malice. (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 3)
All things thou lovest, nor holdest any of thy creatures in abhorrence; hate and create thou couldst not, (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 25)
nor does aught abide save at thy will, whose summoning word holds them in being. (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 26)
Punish thou mayst as punish thou wilt; king nor emperor can be bold to outface thee. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 14)
and wouldst thou shew less anxious care in trying the cause of thy own children, bound to thee from of old by a sworn covenant so rich in mercies? (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 21)
But there are men more wretched yet, men who repose all their confidence in a world of shadows. They give the name of god to what is made by human art, gold and silver that human workmanship has turned into the likeness of living things, blocks of senseless stone that human hands have carved, long ago. (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 10)
But no, he never looks forward to the day when he will be past work; how short life is, he recks not; he must vie with goldsmith and silversmith, he must be even with his neighbour that works in bronze; in puppet-making✻ all his hope lies of winning fame. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 9)
