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10 When the righteous man was fleeing from the anger of his brother,
    she steered him to straight paths.
She showed him the kingdom of God
    and bestowed upon him a knowledge of holy things.
She gave success to his labors
    and multiplied the fruit of his work.
11 She aided him against the greed of his oppressors
    and made him a wealthy man.
12 She protected him from his enemies
    and saved him from ambushers.
In his arduous struggle she brought him victory
    so that he might realize that piety[a] is more powerful than anything else.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 10:12 Piety: i.e., “fear of the Lord” (see Prov 1:7). In Jacob’s spiritual struggle with God, it was Wisdom that aided him to realize that the only help for human beings is in fear of the Lord.