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, and justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life.  8 And if a man desire much knowledge: she knoweth things past, and judgeth of things to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and the solutions of arguments: she knoweth signs and wonders before they be done, and the events of times and ages.  9 I purposed therefore to take her to me to live with me: knowing that she will communicate to me of her good things, and will be a comfort in my cares and grief.  10 For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young:

 11 And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me.  12 They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak, and if I talk much they shall lay their hands on their mouths.  13 Moreover by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me.  14 I shall set the people in order: and nations shall be subject to me.  15 Terrible kings hearing shall be afraid of me: among the multitude I shall be found good, and valiant in war.