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And all the women whose hearts were moved spun the goat hair by virtue of their skill.
The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram's horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
“Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God's house. Every willing person of any skill will be at your disposal for the work, and the leaders and all the people are at your every command.”
Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.[fn]
How countless are your works, LORD!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.[fn]
The one who trusts in himself[fn] is a fool,
but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people[fn] this miserable task to keep them occupied.
I explored with my mind the pull of wine on my body — my mind still guiding me with wisdom — and how to grasp folly, until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven[fn] during the few days of their lives.
And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.
When there is a person whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a person who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.
Don't say, “Why were the former days better than these? ”
since it is not wise of you to ask this.
I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
For he said:
I have done this by my own strength
and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.[fn]
“ ‘This is what the LORD says:
The wise person should not boast in his wisdom;
the strong should not boast in his strength;
the wealthy should not boast in his wealth.
He made the earth by his power,
established the world by his wisdom,
and spread out the heavens by his understanding.
He made the earth by his power,
established the world by his wisdom,
and spread out the heavens by his understanding.
young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king's palace. He was to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.
God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams of every kind.
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