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Wisdom 8:1-2
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Chapter 8

1 Indeed, she spans the world from end to end mightily
    and governs all things well.(A)

Wisdom, the Source of Blessings

2 Her I loved and sought after from my youth;
    I sought to take her for my bride[a]
    and was enamored of her beauty.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:2 I loved…my bride: the erotic quality in the pursuit of and living with Woman Wisdom, who is the Lord’s consort (9:4) and loved by him, continues throughout this chapter (vv. 16, 18). It is reflected already in Prv 4:5–9; 7:4–5. See also Sir 15:2–5; 51:13–21.
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