1. She reacheth therefore from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly.
2. Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take her for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty.
3. She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea and the Lord of all things hath loved her.
4. For it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God, and is the chooser of his works.
5. And if riches be desired in life, what is richer than wisdom, which maketh all things?
6. And if sense do work: who is a more artful worker than she of those things that are?
7. And if a man love justice: her labours have great virtues; for she teacheth temperance, and prudence, anad justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life.