Wisdom 8:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ And so I thought it over: to be wedded to Wisdom is to live forever, ¹⁸ to love her is to be perfectly happy, to do her work is to be rich beyond measure, to share her company is to have sound judgment, to converse with her is to be honored. Then I was determined to take Wisdom as my bride. ¹⁹ I had a pleasant personality even as a child. I had been fortunate enough to receive a good soul, or rather, I was given a sound body to live in because I was already good.