People do not gain wisdom by any efforts of their own, but God gives it according to the laws of His own goodness.

For the Lord giveth wisdom. — As St. James (Proverbs 1:5) expresses it, He gives it to every man liberall…

For the Lord gives wisdom
Natural wisdom in all its branches, with all its improvements, and in its utmost latitude …

Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom will never complain that they have lost their labor; and the freeness of the gift does not do away with th…