5. For no king had any other first beginning;
6. But all men have one entrance into life, and a like departure.
7. For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and there came to me a spirit of wisdom.
8. I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, And riches I esteemed nothing in comparison of her.
9. Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, Because all the gold of the earth in her presence is a little sand, And silver shall be accounted as clay before her.