Sirach 24:41-45

{24:41} I am like a brook leading to a river of immense waters. I am like a channel flowing from a river. And I went forth from Paradise like an aqueduct.
{24:42} I said: I will irrigate my garden of plantings, and I will thoroughly water the fruits of my field.
{24:43} And behold, my brook became overflowing, and my river drew near to the sea.
{24:44} For I illuminate doctrine to all, like the first light. And I will announce doctrine, even to those who are far away.
{24:45} I will reach to all the lower parts of the earth, and I will gaze upon all who sleep, and I will illuminate all who hope in the Lord.

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Sirach 24:36-40

{24:36} It is he who fulfills understanding, like the river Euphrates. It is he who multiplies understanding, like the river Jordan in the time of the harvest.
{24:37} He sends forth discipline like the light, and he stands forth like the river Gehon in the time of the vintage.
{24:38} He first had perfect knowledge of her, for a weaker one would not search for her.
{24:39} For her thoughts abound like the sea, and her counsels abound like the great abyss.
{24:40} “I, wisdom, have poured forth rivers.

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