Bishops(i)
12 Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding
13 Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue
14 The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me
15 She can not be gotten for golde, neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer
16 No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphires may be valued with her
17 No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde
18 No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more precious then pearles
19 The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde
20 Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding
21 She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing, yea & from the foules of the ayre
22 Destruction and death say, We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares
23 But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place
24 For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen
25 When he wayed the windes and measured the waters
26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightninges of the thunder
27 Then dyd he see her, then declared he her, prepared her, and knewe her
28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding