Wisdom of Solomon 1 — RVA
1Verse 1Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth,
Think ye of the Lord+with a good mind,
And in singleness of heart seek ye him;
Verse 2Because he is found of them that tempt him not,
And is manifested to them that do not distrust him.
Verse 3For crooked thoughts separate from God;
And the supreme Power, when it is brought to the proof,+putteth to confusion the foolish:
Verse 4Because wisdom will not enter into a soul that deviseth evil,
Nor dwell in a body that is held in pledge by sin.
Verse 5For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit.
And will start away from thoughts that are without understanding,
And will be+put to confusion when unrighteousness hath come in.
Verse 6For+wisdom is a spirit that loveth man,
And she will not hold a+blasphemer guiltless for his lips;
Because God beareth witness of his reins,
And is a true overseer of his heart,
And a hearer of his tongue:
Verse 7Because the spirit of the Lord hath filled+the world,
And that which holdeth all things together hath knowledge of every voice.
Verse 8Therefore no man that uttereth unrighteous things shall be unseen;
+Neither shall Justice, when it convicteth, pass him by.
Verse 9For in the midst of his counsels the ungodly shall be searched out;
And the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord
To bring to conviction his lawless deeds:
Verse 10Because there is an ear of jealousy that listeneth to all things,
And the noise of murmurings is not hid.
Verse 11Beware then of unprofitable murmuring,
And refrain your tongue from backbiting;
Because no secret utterance shall go on its way void,
And a mouth that belieth destroyeth a soul.
Verse 12Court not death in the error of your life;
Neither draw upon yourselves destruction by the works of your hands:
Verse 13Because God made not death;
Neither delighteth he when the living perish:
Verse 14For he created all things that they might have being:
And+the generative powers of the world are healthsome,
And there is no poison of destruction in them:
Nor hath Hades+royal dominion upon earth,
Verse 15For righteousness is immortal:
Verse 16But ungodly men by their hands and their words called+death unto them:
Deeming him a friend they+consumed away,
And they made a covenant with him,
Because they are worthy to be of his portion.
Think ye of the Lord+with a good mind,
And in singleness of heart seek ye him;
Verse 2Because he is found of them that tempt him not,
And is manifested to them that do not distrust him.
Verse 3For crooked thoughts separate from God;
And the supreme Power, when it is brought to the proof,+putteth to confusion the foolish:
Verse 4Because wisdom will not enter into a soul that deviseth evil,
Nor dwell in a body that is held in pledge by sin.
Verse 5For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit.
And will start away from thoughts that are without understanding,
And will be+put to confusion when unrighteousness hath come in.
Verse 6For+wisdom is a spirit that loveth man,
And she will not hold a+blasphemer guiltless for his lips;
Because God beareth witness of his reins,
And is a true overseer of his heart,
And a hearer of his tongue:
Verse 7Because the spirit of the Lord hath filled+the world,
And that which holdeth all things together hath knowledge of every voice.
Verse 8Therefore no man that uttereth unrighteous things shall be unseen;
+Neither shall Justice, when it convicteth, pass him by.
Verse 9For in the midst of his counsels the ungodly shall be searched out;
And the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord
To bring to conviction his lawless deeds:
Verse 10Because there is an ear of jealousy that listeneth to all things,
And the noise of murmurings is not hid.
Verse 11Beware then of unprofitable murmuring,
And refrain your tongue from backbiting;
Because no secret utterance shall go on its way void,
And a mouth that belieth destroyeth a soul.
Verse 12Court not death in the error of your life;
Neither draw upon yourselves destruction by the works of your hands:
Verse 13Because God made not death;
Neither delighteth he when the living perish:
Verse 14For he created all things that they might have being:
And+the generative powers of the world are healthsome,
And there is no poison of destruction in them:
Nor hath Hades+royal dominion upon earth,
Verse 15For righteousness is immortal:
Verse 16But ungodly men by their hands and their words called+death unto them:
Deeming him a friend they+consumed away,
And they made a covenant with him,
Because they are worthy to be of his portion.