OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 1:4

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Wisdom has been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.

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Verse 4. Created. Or “generated,” if it be understood of the Son. Saint Athanasius Bos.—The wisdom which is given to man, was in God before the creation. Proverbs 8:22. Calmet.—The decree regarding the incarnation was from eternity. Menochius.

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