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\c 28
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\v 1 "It is true that there are places where men dig to find silver,
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\q2 and there are places where people refine gold that they have dug.
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\v 2 People dig iron ore out of the ground,
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\q2 and they also smelt copper.
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\v 3 Men use lamps while they work far down under the ground
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\q2 to search for the ore inside the mines
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\q2 where it is very dark.
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\v 4 They dig shafts in places that are far from where people live,
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\q2 where travelers do not go.
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\q1 They work far away from other people,
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\q2 swinging back and forth on ropes as they descend into the mine shafts.
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\v 5 Food grows on the surface of the ground,
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\q2 but down under the ground, where there is no food, the miners make fires to break apart the rocks.
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\v 6 The stones that are dug from under the ground contain sapphires,
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\q2 and the dirt contains bits of gold.
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\v 7 Some birds have very good eyes,
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\q1 but even hawks do not know where the mines are,
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\q2 and falcons have not seen those places.
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\v 8 Lions or other proud wild animals have never gone to those places.
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\v 9 Miners dig very hard rock;
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\q2 it is as though they turned the mountains upside down to get the ore.
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\v 10 They cut tunnels through the rocks,
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\q2 and they find precious things.
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\v 11 They dam up small streams to stop the water from flowing,
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\q2 and they bring up into the light things that are hidden in the ground and in the streams.
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\v 12 But wisdom: Where can people find that?
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\q2 Where can we find out how to truly understand things?
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\v 13 Humans do not know what wisdom is truly worth;
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\q2 no one can find it here on this earth where they are living.
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\v 14 It is as though the water that is under the earth and water that is in the seas said,
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\q2 'I do not have it!'
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\v 15 People cannot buy wisdom
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\q2 by paying for it with silver or gold.
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\v 16 Wisdom is worth much more than fine gold from the land of Ophir,
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\q2 much more than very valuable stones.
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\v 17 It is worth much more than gold or beautiful quartz;
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\q2 wisdom is more expensive than the finest jewels, and it is worth more than a vase made with pure gold.
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\v 18 Wisdom is worth more than coral or crystal quartz;
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\q2 the price of wisdom is higher than the price of rubies.
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\v 19 The prices of topaz from Ethiopia and of pure gold
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\q2 are lower than the value of wisdom.
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\v 20 So from where does wisdom come?
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\q2 Where can we find out how to truly understand things?
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\v 21 No living humans can see it;
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\q2 and birds cannot see it while they are up in the sky.
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\v 22 It is as though the places where people go after they die said,
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\q2 'We have only heard rumors about where to find wisdom.'
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\v 23 God is the only one who knows how to find wisdom;
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\q2 he knows where it is
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\v 24 because he can see things even in the most remote places on the earth;
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\q2 he can see everything that is below the sky.
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\v 25 He decided how strongly the winds should blow,
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\q2 and how much rain should be in the clouds.
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\v 26 He decided where rain should fall,
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\q2 and what path lightning should take from the clouds down to the ground.
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\v 27 At that time he saw wisdom and decided that it is very valuable.
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\q2 He examined it and approved it.
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\v 28 And then he said to human beings, 'Listen! If you have much respect for me, you will be able to become wise;
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\q2 to truly understand everything, you must first turn away from doing what is evil.'"
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