Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty. 3She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea, and the Lord of all things hath loved her. 4For it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God and is the chooser of his works. 5And if riches be desired in life, what is richer than wisdom, which maketh all things? 6And if sense do work: who is a more artful worker than she of those things that are? 7And if a man love justice: her labours have great virtues: for she teacheth temperance, and prudence, and justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life. 8And if a man desire much knowledge: she knoweth things past, and judgeth of things to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and the solutions of arguments: she knoweth signs and wonders before they be done, and the events of times and ages. 9I purposed, therefore, to take her to me to live with me: knowing that she will communicate to me of her good things, and will be a comfort in my cares and grief.