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Wisdom 7:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" the natures of living creatures and the raging of wild beasts; the violence of winds and the thoughts of men; the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots. "
Wisdom 7:20
Verse in Context
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18 the beginning, end, and middle of times; the alternations of the solstices and the changes of seasons;
19 the circuits of years and the positions of stars;
20 the natures of living creatures and the raging of wild beasts; the violence of winds and the thoughts of men; the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots.
21 All things that are either secret or manifest I learned,
22 for wisdom, that is the architect of all things, taught me. For there is in her a spirit that is quick to understand, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, freely moving, clear in utterance, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving what is good, keen, unhindered,
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Wisdom 7:1
"I myself am also mortal, like everyone else, and am a descendant of one formed first and born of the earth."
Wisdom 7:2
"I molded into flesh in the time of ten months in my mother’s womb, being compacted in blood from the seed of man and pleasure of marriage."
Wisdom 7:3
"I also, when I was born, drew in the common air, and fell upon the kindred earth, uttering, like all, for my first voice, the same cry."
Wisdom 7:4
"I was nursed with care in swaddling clothes."
Wisdom 7:5
"For no king had a different beginning,"
Wisdom 7:6
"but all men have one entrance into life, and a common departure."
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