The Wisdom of Solomon
Wisdom of Solomon 1
Chapter I · Vol. III, p. 1548
1 To whom God showeth himself, and wisdom herself. 6 An evil speaker cannot lie hid. 12 We procure our own destruction: for God created not death.
1 Love 1righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.
2 For he will be found of them 2that tempt him not; and sheweth himself unto such as do not 3distrust him.
3 For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, 4reproveth the unwise.
4 Or, maketh manifest.
4 For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.
5 5For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and 6will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
5 Jer. 4. 22.
6 Or, is rebuked, or, sheweth itself.
6 For wisdom is a 7loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his 8words; for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
7 Gal. 5. 22.
8 Or, lips.
7 For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which 9containeth all things, hath knowledge of the voice.
9 Or, upholdeth.
8 Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things *cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.
* Jer. 23. 24.
9 For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly: and the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord for the †manifestation of his wicked deeds.
† Or, reproving.
10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of murmurings is not hid.
11 Therefore beware of ‡murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that ||belieth, slaveth the soul.
|| Or, slandereth.
12 Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves 1destruction with the works of your hands.
13 For God made not death: 2neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
2 Ezek. 33. 11.
14 For 3he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth:
3 Rev. 4. 11.
15 (For righteousness is immortal:)
16 4But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.
4 Rom. 5. 12.