Wisdom 7:6-8

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶there is for all mankind one entrance into life, and a common departure.

Solomon’s Respect for Wisdom

⁷Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me;
I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
⁸I preferred her to scepters and thrones,
and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.

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Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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