18. the beginning and the end and the midpoint of the seasons, the characteristics of changing things, and the divisions of time,
19. the courses of the years, and the orderly arrangement of the stars,
20. the natures of animals, and the rage of wild beasts, the force of winds, and the reasonings of men, the diversities of plants, and the benefits of roots,
21. and all such things as are hidden and unexpected, I have learned; for wisdom, the artisan of all things, taught me.
22. For in her is the spirit of understanding: holy, singular, manifold, subtle, perceptive, lively, chaste, reliable, gracious, loving, good, astute, who forbids nothing beneficial,
23. humane, kind, steadfast, trustworthy, secure, having all virtue, watching for all things and grasping all things with a pure and most delicate understanding of spirit.
24. For wisdom is more active than all active things, yet she reaches everywhere because of her purity.
25. For she is a breath of the virtue of God and a genuine emanation from the purity of the almighty God, and therefore nothing unclean can invade her.
26. Indeed, she is the brightness of eternal light, and the unspotted mirror of the majesty of God, and the image of his goodness.
27. And though she is one, she can do all things; and, unchanging in herself, she renews all things, and throughout the nations she conveys herself to holy souls, establishing them as friends and prophets of God.
28. For God loves none but those who dwell with wisdom.
29. For she is more spectacular than the sun, and above the array of all the stars; compared with the light, she is found to be before it.