Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation And so I thought it over: to be wedded to Wisdom is to live forever, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thinking these things with myself, and pondering them in my heart, that to be allied to wisdom is immortality, Wisdom 8:15Terrible kings hearing, shall be afraid of me: among the multitude I shall be found good, and valiant in war. Wisdom 8:16 When I go into my house, I shall repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness, nor her company any tediousness, but joy and gladness. Wisdom 8:18 And that there is great delight in her friendship, and inexhaustible riches in the works of her hands, and in the exercise of conference with her, wisdom, and glory in the communication of her words: I went about seeking, that I might take her to myself. Wisdom 8:19 And I was a witty child, and had received a good soul. Context Wisdom 8…16When I go into my house, I shall repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness, nor her company any tediousness, but joy and gladness. 17Thinking these things with myself, and pondering them in my heart, that to be allied to wisdom is immortality, 18And that there is great delight in her friendship, and inexhaustible riches in the works of her hands, and in the exercise of conference with her, wisdom, and glory in the communication of her words: I went about seeking, that I might take her to myself.… Cross References Wisdom 8:15 Terrible kings hearing, shall be afraid of me: among the multitude I shall be found good, and valiant in war. Wisdom 8:16 When I go into my house, I shall repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness, nor her company any tediousness, but joy and gladness. Wisdom 8:18 And that there is great delight in her friendship, and inexhaustible riches in the works of her hands, and in the exercise of conference with her, wisdom, and glory in the communication of her words: I went about seeking, that I might take her to myself. Wisdom 8:19 And I was a witty child, and had received a good soul. |