The Wisdom of Solomon 1:1 Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:2 For he will be found of them that tempt him not: and sheweth himself unto such as do not distrust him.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:3 For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:4 For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter: nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:5 For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding: and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:6 For wisdom is a loving spirit: and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:7 For the spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:8 Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things, cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth pass by him.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:9 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.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of murmurings is not hid.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:11 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, slayeth the soul.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:12 Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction, with the works of your hands.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:13 For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:14 For he 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.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:15 For righteousness is immortal.
The Wisdom of Solomon 1:16 But 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.