« Wisdom has built herself a house, she has hewn her seven pillars, she has slaughtered her beasts, drawn her wine, she has laid her table. She has despatched her maidservants and proclaimed from the heights above the city, 'Who is simple? Let him come this way.' To the fool she says, 'Come and eat my bread, drink the wine which I have drawn! Leave foolishness behind and you will live, go forwards in the ways of perception.' Reprove a mocker and you attract contempt, rebuke the wicked and you attract dishonour. Do not rebuke the mocker, he will hate you. Rebuke the wise and he will love you for it» (The Proverbs 9:1-8).
The Book of Enoch, ch. XLII.
1. Wisdom found no place where she might dwell; Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in the heavens.
2 Wisdom went forth to make her dwelling among the children of men, And found no dwelling-place:
Wisdom returned to her place, And took her seat among the angels.
3 And unrighteousness went forth from her chambers: Whom she sought not she found, And dwelt with them, As rain in a desert And dew on a thirsty land.
Colossians, ch.2
18 Do not be cheated of your prize by anyone who chooses to grovel to angels and worship them, pinning every hope on visions received, vainly puffed up by a human way of thinking;
19 such a person has no connection to the Head, by which the whole body, given all that it needs and held together by its joints and sinews, grows with the growth given by God.
« Say to Wisdom, 'You are my sister!' Call Understanding your relation » (Proverbs 7:4).
« The first principle of wisdom is the fear of Yahweh, What God's holy ones know -- this is understanding » (The Proverbs 9:10).
« I, Wisdom, share house with Discretion, I am mistress of the art of thought » (The Proverbs 8:12).
« My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen carefully to what I know; so that you may preserve discretion and your lips may guard knowledge. Take no notice of a loose-living woman» (The Proverbs 5:1-2).
The Proverbs, ch. 4
1 Listen, my children, to a father's instruction; pay attention, and learn what understanding is.
2 What I am offering you is sound doctrine: do not forsake my teaching.
3 I too was once a child with a father, in my mother's eyes a tender child, unique.
4 This was what he used to teach me, 'Let your heart treasure what I have to say, keep my principles and you will live;
5 acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, never forget her, never deviate from my words.
6 Do not desert her, she will keep you safe; love her, she will watch over you.
7 The first principle of wisdom is: acquire wisdom; at the cost of all you have, acquire understanding!
8 Hold her close, and she will make you great; embrace her, and she will be your pride;
9 she will provide a graceful garland for your head, bestow a crown of honour on you ».
Colossians, ch. 3
1 Since you have been raised up to be with Christ, you must look for the things that are above, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand.
Colossians, ch. 3
16 Let the Word of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you.
Colossians, ch. 2
2 It is all to bind them together in love and to encourage their resolution until they are rich in the assurance of their complete understanding and have knowledge of the mystery of God
Colossians, ch. 1
9 That is why, ever since the day he told us, we have never failed to remember you in our prayers and ask that through perfect wisdom and spiritual understanding you should reach the fullest knowledge of his will
Colossians, ch. 1
28 this is the Christ we are proclaiming, admonishing and instructing everyone in all wisdom, to make everyone perfect in Christ.
