⁷ Wherefore I wished, and understanding was given me: and I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came upon me:

⁸ And I preferred her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.

²⁶ For she is the brightness of eternal light, and the unspotted mirror of God's majesty, and the image of his goodness.

⁴ Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne, and cast me not off from among thy children: