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Wisdom Is Not the Exclusive Possession of the Initiated[a]

22 Now I will explain what Wisdom is and how she came to be;
    I will not hide her secrets from you.
I will trace her steps from the beginning of creation
    and bring knowledge of her to full light
    without swerving from the truth.
23 Nor will I allow corrosive envy to accompany me,
    for it has nothing in common with Wisdom.
24 The abundance of the wise is the salvation of the world,
    and a prudent king is the stability of his people.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 6:22 Not even Solomon, despite all his renown, had a monopoly on the gift from heaven that is Wisdom. All who share the human condition have need of her; she is a conviction that becomes contagious to transform the world, and no one has the right to make her his own preserve.