As the vine brought I (Wisdom) forth pleasant savour, and my flowers
are the fruit of honour and riches. I am the mother of fair love,
and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal,
am given to all my children which are named of him. Come unto
me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my
fruits. For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance
than the honeycomb. They that eat me shall yet be thirsty. He
that obeyeth me shall never be confounded and they that work by
me shall not do amiss.
— Ecclesiastes 24:23-30
For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was
in the midst of her swift course, thine Almighty word leaped down
from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into
the midst of a land of destruction, and brought thine unfeigned
commandment as a sharp sword.
— Wisdom 18:14-16
To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created
with the faithful in the womb. She hath built an everlasting foundation
with men.
— Ecclesiastes 1:16
— Rays from the Rose Cross Magazine, September/October, 1995