Wisdom 8:18-20

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁸ and good delighting is in the friendship thereof; and honesty (or honour) without default is in the works of (the) hands thereof; and wisdom is in the strife of (the) speech thereof; and great clearness is in the communing of (the) words thereof; I went about, seeking to take wisdom to me. [and in the friendship of it good delighting; and in the works of the hands of it honesty without failing, and in the strife of the speech of it wisdom; and great opening in communication of the words of it; I went about, seeking that to me it I should take.]

¹⁹ Forsooth I was a witty child, and I got a good soul.

²⁰ And when I was more good, I came to a body undefouled.