Wisdom 8:15-17

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁵ dread monarchs will be afraid of me when they hear of me;
among the people I shall show myself capable, and courageous in war.
¹⁶ When I enter my house, I shall find rest with her;
for companionship with her has no bitterness,
and life with her has no pain, but gladness and joy.
¹⁷ When I considered these things inwardly,
and pondered in my heart
that in kinship with wisdom there is immortality,