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Who is like the wise man, and who knows the explanation of things? A man's wisdom illumines his face, but an impudent look is resented. (Ecclesiastes 8, 1)
When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe what is done on earth, (Ecclesiastes 8, 16)
Anything you can turn your hand to, do with what power you have; for there will be no work, nor reason, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the nether world where you are going.... (Ecclesiastes 9, 10)
But in the city lived a man who, though poor, was wise, and he delivered it through his wisdom. Yet no one remembered this poor man. (Ecclesiastes 9, 15)
Though I had said, "Wisdom is better than force," yet the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words go unheeded. (Ecclesiastes 9, 16)
More weighty than wisdom or wealth is a little folly! (Ecclesiastes 10, 1)
Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom enters not, nor dwells she in a body under debt of sin. (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 4)
For wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet she acquits not the blasphemer of his guilty lips; Because God is the witness of his inmost self and the sure observer of his heart and the listener to his tongue. (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 6)
For he who despises wisdom and instruction is doomed. Vain is their hope, fruitless are their labors, and worthless are their works. (Wisdom of Solomon 3, 11)
To you, therefore, O princes, are my words addressed that you may learn wisdom and that you may not sin. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 9)
Resplendent and unfading is Wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 12)
thus the desire for Wisdom leads up to a kingdom. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 20)