Solomon has taken great pains to describe what wisdom is. Wisdom is the result of respecting God, while applying discipline to one’s desires and actions. More than this, it is transcendent in nature. This means that its result in our lives is not created by what we do, but rather accessed by what we do. It, itself, appears to have personality as described as a godly women who seeks a godly man. She is preexisting to humanity in some capacity. Solomon even speaks of her being present at the formation of creation. We do not birth wisdom. Instead we are birthed by it. Perhaps this godly women is more of a mother than a wife. Here Solomon elaborates on the beauty of her pursuit. She breaks the trope of the forbidden wish. That is to say that unlike other transcendent beings who grant blessings, you can always wish for more of her blessings . Solomon instructs his children to see her as the ultimate pragmatic pursuit for this reason. For this reason he uses intimate language to describe the preferred relationship with her. We are to love her, guard her, prize her and embrace her. Solomon would have us build a covenant with her. Ironically, many seek knowledge and power with no concept that it could easily be given freely if they only embraced it wholeheartedly. Instead they look for ways to clench it tight while avoiding its intimate care. Like a wife whom we pay no attention, or more aptly, a god whom we wish to be a genie. But God’s grace to us shines brightly in his wisdom. We ought to make covenant with it.