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Proverbs 8:10 (WEB)
Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.

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§721Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va
Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling…

Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians I.12Discourse I
“For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.’” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 10, 11.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 72
“Whence hath been written, “Receive ye prudence as silver, and wisdom as proved gold.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 10.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor III.6Book III
““Receive,” he says, “instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than tested gold; for Wisdom is better than precious stones, nor is anything that is valuable equal in worth to her.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 10, 11.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.13Book I
“Choose instruction, and not silver, and knowledge above tested gold,” and prefer also sense to pure gold; “for wisdom is better than precious stones, and no precious thing is worth it.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 9, 10, 11.
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