Wisdom 9: 13 - 18
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For what man can learn the counsel of God? Or who can discern what the Lord wills?
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| 14
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For the reasoning of mortals is worthless, and our designs are likely to fail,
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| 15
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for a perishable body weighs down the soul, and this earthy tent burdens the thoughtful mind.
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| 16
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We can hardly guess at what is on earth, and what is at hand we find with labor; but who has traced out what is in the heavens?
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| 17
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Who has learned thy counsel, unless thou hast given wisdom and sent thy holy Spirit from on high?
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| 18
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And thus the paths of those on earth were set right, and men were taught what pleases thee, and were saved by wisdom."
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