Wisdom 8:15-17

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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 thought upon them in my mind,
that in kinship with wisdom there is immortality,