Sirach 15:1-7
{15:1} Whoever fears God will do good. And whoever holds to justice will obtain it.
{15:2} And like an honorable mother, she will meet him, and like a virgin bride, she will receive him.
{15:3} She will feed him with the bread of life and understanding. And she will give him to drink from the water of salvific wisdom. And she will be confirmed in him, and he will not waver.
{15:4} And she will hold to him, and he will not be confounded. And she will exalt him, along with those closest to him.
{15:5} And in the midst of the Church, she will open his mouth, and she will fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and she will clothe him with a robe of glory.
{15:6} She will store up in him a treasure of rejoicing and exultation, and she will cause him to inherit an everlasting name.
{15:7} But foolish men will not take hold of her. And though understanding men will meet her, foolish men will not catch sight of her. For she is far from arrogance and deceit.
Sirach 14:22-27
{14:22} Blessed is the man who will abide in wisdom, and who will meditate on her righteousness, and who, in his mind, will consider the circumspection of God.
{14:23} He considers her ways in his heart, and he finds understanding in her secrets. He goes after her like an investigator, and he is constant in her ways.
{14:24} He gazes through her windows, and he listens at her door.
{14:25} He rests next to her house, and, fastening a peg in her walls, he sets up his cottage by her hands. And so, good things will find rest in his cottage as time passes.
{14:26} He will station his sons under her covering, and he will abide under her branches.
{14:27} He will be protected by her covering from the heat, and he will rest in her glory.