9:13 For what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of the Lord is?
9:14 For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain.
9:15 For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things.
9:16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out?
9:17 And thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above?
9:18 For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom.
10:1 She preserved the first formed father of the world, that was created alone, and brought him out of his fall,
10:2 And gave him power to rule all things.
10:3 But when the unrighteous went away from her in his anger, he perished also in the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.
10:4 For whose cause the earth being drowned with the flood, wisdom again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value.