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Rh :For wisdom is better than rubies,
 * And all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.
 * I wisdom dwell with prudence,
 * And find out knowledge of devices.
 * The fear of the is to hate evil;
 * Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
 * And the froward mouth, do I hate.
 * Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
 * I am understanding, power is mine.
 * By me kings reign,
 * And princes decree justice.
 * By me princes rule, And nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
 * I love them that love me,
 * And those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
 * Riches and honour are with me;
 * Yea, enduring riches and righteousness.
 * My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
 * And my produce than choice silver.
 * I walk in the way of righteousness,
 * In the midst of the paths of justice;
 * That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance,
 * And that I may fill their treasuries.


 * The made me as the beginning of His way,
 * The first of His works of old.
 * I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
 * Or ever the earth was.
 * When there were no depths, I was brought forth;
 * When there were no fountains abounding with water.
 * Before the mountains were settled,
 * Before the hills was I brought forth;
 * While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields,
 * Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
 * When He established the heavens, I was there;
 * When He set a circle upon the face of the deep,
 * When He made firm the skies above,
 * When the fountains of the deep showed their might,
 * When He gave to the sea His decree,
 * That the waters should not transgress His commandment,
 * When He appointed the foundations of the earth;
 * Then I was by Him, as a nursling;
 * And I was daily all delight,
 * Playing always before Him,
 * Playing in His habitable earth,
 * And my delights are with the sons of men.


 * Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me;
 * For happy are they that keep my ways.
 * Hear instruction, and be wise,
 * And refuse it not.
 * Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me,
 * Watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
 * For whoso findeth me findeth life,
 * And obtaineth favour of the.
 * But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul;
 * All they that hate me love death.'


 * Wisdom hath builded her house,
 * She hath hewn out her seven pillars;
 * She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine;
 * She hath also furnished her table.
 * She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth,
 * Upon the highest places of the city: