Matthew(i)
13 Verely no man can tell howe worthy a thynge she is, neither is she found in the land of the liuinge.
14 The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The sea sayeth: she is not with me.
15 She can not be gotten for the most fine gould, neither may the pryce of her be bought with any money.
16 No wedges of goulde of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her.
17 No, neyther goulde, nor Christal, neyther swete odoures, nor golden plate.
18 There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellent, as ones to be named vnto her: for perfecte wisedome goeth farre beyonde them al.
19 The Topas that commeth out of Iude, may in no wise be lykened vnto her: yea no maner of apparel howe pleasaunt and fayre soeuer it be.
20 From whence then commeth wysedome? & where is the place of vnderstandinge?
21 She is hyd from the eyes of all men, yea & from the foules of the ayre.
22 Destruccyon and death say: we haue hearde tell of her with oure eares.
23 But God seyth her waie, and knoweth her place.
24 For he beholdeth the endes of the world & loketh vpon al that is vnder heauen.
25 When he weyed the windes, & measured the waters
26 when he set the rayne in ordre, and gaue the mighty floudes a lawe?
27 Then dyd he se her, then declared he her, prepared her, and knew her.
28 And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wisedom, and to forsake euil, is vnderstandinge.