Wisdom 8:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take her for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty.

³ She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea and the Lord of all things hath loved her.

⁴ For it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God, and is the chooser of his works.