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Wisdom 7:13-15
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 7:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 I pass on ungrudgingly what I learned about her with an open mind;
her riches I do not conceal.
14 For she is an inexhaustible treasure for all;
those who acquire her achieve friendship with God,
commended to him by the gifts that derive from her instruction.[a]
Wisdom Is Divine
Maker of All Things[b]
15 May God grant me the ability to speak according to understanding
and to express thoughts worthy of the gifts I have received,
since it is he that guides Wisdom
and directs the wise.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 7:14 Instruction: the same as “discipline” (see note on Wis 1:5).
- Wisdom 7:15 Wisdom is not merely conduct of life but also awe before the secrets of the visible and invisible universe. Here the author attributes to Solomon—famous for his knowledge (see 1 Ki 5:9-14)—the most recent acquisitions of Hellenistic thought about the universe.
