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28:1  Gold and silver are mined, then purified;
28:2  the same is done with iron and copper.
28:3  Miners carry lanterns deep into the darkness to search for these metals.
28:4  They dig tunnels in distant, unknown places, where they dangle by ropes.
28:5  Far beneath the grain fields, fires are built to break loose those rocks
28:6  that have jewels or gold.
28:7  Miners go to places unseen by the eyes of hawks;
28:8  they walk on soil unknown to the proudest lions.
28:9  With their own hands they remove sharp rocks and uproot mountains.
28:10  They dig through the rocks in search of jewels and precious metals.
28:11  They also uncover the sources of rivers and discover secret places.
28:12  But where is wisdom found?
28:13  No human knows the way.
28:14  Nor can it be discovered in the deepest sea. *
28:15  It is worth much more than silver or pure gold
28:16  or precious stones.
28:17  Nothing is its equal— not gold or costly glass.
28:18  Wisdom is worth much more than coral, jasper, or rubies.
28:19  All the topaz of Ethiopia and the finest gold cannot compare with it.
28:20  Where then is wisdom?
28:21  It is hidden from human eyes and even from birds.
28:22  Death and destruction have merely heard rumors about where it is found.
28:23  God is the only one who knows the way to wisdom;
28:24  he alone sees everything beneath the heavens.
28:25  When God divided out the wind and the water,
28:26  and when he decided the path for rain and lightning,
28:27  he also determined the truth and defined wisdom.
28:28  God told us, “Wisdom means that you respect me, the Lord, and turn from sin.”