Wisdom 7:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 I rejoiced in them all, because Wisdom is their leader,
though I had not known that she is their mother.[a](A)
Solomon Prays for Help to Speak Worthily of Wisdom
13 Sincerely I learned about her, and ungrudgingly do I share—
her riches I do not hide away;(B)
14 For she is an unfailing treasure;
those who gain this treasure win the friendship of God,
being commended by the gifts that come from her discipline.[b]
Footnotes
- 7:12 Mother: lit., “she who begets.” Although Wisdom herself is begotten of God (Prv 8:22–24), she is here the one who brings into being.
- 7:14 Discipline: cf. note on 1:5.
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