From the book of the Wisdom of Solomon (a Deuterocanonical book) Chapter 7:7-22
7:7 And so I prayed, and understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.
7:8 I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones; compared with her, I held riches as nothing.
7:9 I reckoned no precious stone to be her equal, for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand, and beside her, silver ranks as mud.
7:10 I loved her more than health or beauty, preferred her to the light, since her radiance never sleeps.
7:11 In her company all good things came to me, and at her hands incalculable wealth.
7:12 All these delighted me, since Wisdom brings them, though I did not then realise that she was their mother.
7:13 What I learned diligently, I shall pass on liberally, I shall not conceal how rich she is.
7:14 For she is to human beings an inexhaustible treasure, and those who acquire this win God’s friendship, commended to him by the gifts of instruction.
7:15 May God grant me to speak as he would wish and conceive thoughts worthy of the gifts I have received, since he is both guide to Wisdom and director of sages;
7:16 for we are in his hand, yes, ourselves and our sayings, and all intellectual and all practical knowledge.
7:17 He it was who gave me sure knowledge of what exists, to understand the structure of the world and the action of the elements,
7:18 the beginning, end and middle of the times, the alternation of the solstices and the succession of the seasons,
7:19 the cycles of the year and the position of the stars,
7:20 the natures of animals and the instincts of wild beasts, the powers of spirits and human mental processes, the varieties of plants and the medical properties of roots.
7:21 And now I understand everything, hidden or visible, for Wisdom, the designer of all things, has instructed me.
7:22 For within her is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, incisive, unsullied, lucid, invulnerable, benevolent, shrewd…
Culled from the Good News Bible with Deuterocanonical Books