OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 8:35

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35

For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from the LORD.

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Verse 35. Lord. Wisdom, or Jesus Christ, is our salvation, happiness, and life. Septuagint “and the will is prepared by the Lord.” Saint Augustine often quotes this to prove the necessity of preventing grace. Ep. ccxvii. and clxxxvi. Calmet.

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