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Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.
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It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
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The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the
authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom,
or remember her paths.
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O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
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Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
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There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert
in war.
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Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:
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But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own
foolishness.
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Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
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Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?
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No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.
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But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding:
he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:
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He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.
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The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be;
and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.
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This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him
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He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to
Israel his beloved.
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Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.
CHAPTER 4
This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that
keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.
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Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou
mayest be illuminated.
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Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.
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O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.
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Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
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Ye were sold to the nations, not for
your
destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye
were delivered unto the enemies.
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For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God.
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