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Wisdom 7:15-23 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

15. Yet God has given to me to speak my mind, and to conceive thoughts worthy of those things that are given to me, because he is the leader of wisdom and the repairer of understanding.

16. For in his hand are both we, and our words, and all wisdom, and the works of science, and instruction.

17. For he has given me true knowledge of these things which exist: so as to know the orderly arrangement of the world, and the powers of the elements,

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.

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