Quotes from Wisdom of Solomon

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

1. 2

   But thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.

2. 3

   Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered.

3. 4

   For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.

4. 5

   For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.

5. 6

   For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course, Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne.

6. 7

   For thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made: for never wouldest thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it.

7. 8

   Wisdom reacheth from one end to another mightily: and sweetly doth she order all things.

8. 9

   Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away: yea, she is easily seen of them that love her, and found of such as seek her.

9. 10

   For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.