1. All wisdom comes from the Lord.It lives with him forever.
2. Who can count the grains of sand in the seas,the drops of rain,or the days of eternity?
3. Who can discover heaven’s height,the earth’s breadth,the abyss, or wisdom?
4. Wisdom was created before everything else.Right understandingis as old as eternity.
6. To whom was Wisdom’s root revealed?Who knew her wonderful feats?
8. There is one who is wise, greatly feared,seated upon his throne.
9. The Lord himself created her;he saw her; he measured her.The Lord poured her outover everything he made,to be with each personto the extent that God grants,and he supplied her abundantlyto those who love him.
11. Fear of the Lord is a person’s glory, boasting, gladness,and crown of rejoicing.