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Wisdom 8:10-16 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

10. Because of her, I have clarity in the midst of confusion, and honor among the elders in my youth;

11. and I will be found to be astute in judgment, and will be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of leaders will wonder at me.

12. When I am silent, they will wait for me; when I speak, they will respect me; and when I talk for too long, they will put their hands on their mouths.

13. Thus, by means of her, I will have immortality, and I will bequeath an everlasting memorial to those who come after me.

14. I will set the peoples in order, and nations will be subject to me.

15. Hearing me, terrible kings will be afraid; to the multitude, I will be seen as good and valiant in war.

16. When I go into my house, I will repose myself with her, for her conversation has no bitterness, nor her company any tediousness, but only joy and gladness.

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