“The Nature of Wisdom
For in her there is a spirit that is
intelligent, holy,
unique, manifold, subtle,
mobile, clear, unpolluted,
distinct, invulnerable,
loving the good, keen,
irresistible, beneficent, humane,
steadfast, sure, free from anxiety,
all-powerful, overseeing all,
and penetrating through all spirits
that are intelligent and pure and
most subtle.
For wisdom is more mobile
than any motion;
because of her pureness she pervades
and penetrates all things.
For she is a breath
of the power of God,
and a pure emanation of the glory
of the Almighty;
therefore nothing defiled gains
entrance into her,
For she is a reflection
of eternal LIGHT,
a spotless mirror
of the working of God,
and an image of his goodness.
Though she is but one,
she can do many things,
while remaining in herself,
she can renew all things;
in every generation she passes
into holy souls
and makes them friends of God,
and prophets;
for God loves nothing so much
as the one who lives with wisdom.
For she is more beautiful
than the sun,
and excels every constallation
of the stars.
Compared to the light she is
found to be superior,
for it is succeeded by the night,
but against wisdom
evil does not prevail.
She reaches mightily from one end
of the earth to the other,
and she orders all things well.” Wisdom of Solomn 7: 22b – 8:1