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[1] ⓘLove righteousness, all you who are judges of the earth.
Think of the Lord§ with a good mind.
Seek him in singleness of heart,
[2] because he is found by those who don’t put him to the test,
and is manifested to those who trust him.
[3] for crooked thoughts separate from God.
His Power convicts when it is tested,
and exposes the foolish;
[4] because wisdom will not enter into a soul that devises evil,
nor dwell in a body that is enslaved by sin.
[5] For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit,
and will depart from thoughts that are without understanding,
and will be ashamed when unrighteousness has come in. [6] For‡ wisdom is a spirit who loves man,
and she will not hold a§ blasphemer guiltless for his lips,
because God is witness of his inmost self,
and is a true overseer of his heart,
and a hearer of his tongue.
[7] Because the spirit of the Lord has filled§ the world,
and that which holds all things together knows what is said.
[8] Therefore no one who utters unrighteous things will be unseen;
neither will Justice, when it convicts, pass him by.
[9] For in his counsels the ungodly will be searched out,
and the sound of his words will come to the Lord to bring his lawless deeds to conviction;
[10] because a jealous ear listens to all things,
and the noise of murmurings is not hidden.
[11] Beware then of unprofitable murmuring,
and keep your tongue from slander;
because no secret utterance will go on its way void,
and a lying mouth destroys a soul.
[12] Don’t court death in the error of your life.
Don’t draw destruction upon yourselves by the works of your hands;
[13] because God didn’t make death,
neither does he delight when the living perish.
[14] For he created all things that they might have being.
The generative powers of the world are wholesome,
and there is no poison of destruction in them,
nor has Hades§ royal dominion upon earth;
[15] for righteousness is immortal,
[16] but ungodly men by their hands and their words summon death;
deeming him a friend they§ pined away.
They made a covenant with him,
because they are worthy to belong with him.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 1:1a The Wisdom of Solomon is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.
  2. § 1:1b Gr. in goodness.
  3. ‡ 1:6a Some authorities read the spirit of wisdom is loving to man.
  4. § 1:6b Or, reviler
  5. § 1:7 Gr. the inhabited earth.
  6. § 1:14 Or, a royal house
  7. § 1:16 Or, were consumed with love of him
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Septuaginta
[1] Ἀγαπήσατε G25 δικαιοσύνην, G1343 οἱ G3588 κρίνοντες G2919 τὴν G3588 γῆν, G1093 φρονήσατε G5426 περὶ G4012 τοῦ G3588 κυρίου G2962 ἐν G1722 ἀγαθότητι καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ἁπλότητι G572 καρδίας G2588 ζητήσατε G2212 αὐτόν. G846 [2] Ὅτι G3754 εὑρίσκεται G2147 τοῖς G3588 μὴ G3361 πειράζουσιν G3985 αὐτόν, G846 ἐμφανίζεται G1718 δὲ G1161 τοῖς G3588 μὴ G3361 ἀπιστοῦσιν G569 αὐτῷ. G846 [3] Σκολιοὶ G4646 γὰρ G1063 λογισμοὶ G3053 χωρίζουσιν G5563 ἀπὸ G575 θεοῦ, G2316 δοκιμαζομένη G1381 τε G5037 ἡ G3588 δύναμις G1411 ἐλέγχει G1651 τοὺς G3588 ἄφρονας. G878 [4] Ὅτι G3754 εἰς G1519 κακότεχνον ψυχὴν G5590 οὐκ G3756 εἰσελεύσεται G1525 σοφία G4678 οὐδὲ G3761 κατοικήσει G2731 ἐν G1722 σώματι G4983 κατάχρεῳ ἁμαρτίας. G266 [5] Ἅγιον G40 γὰρ G1063 πνεῦμα G4151 παιδείας G3809 φεύξεται G5343 δόλον G1388 καὶ G2532 ἀπαναστήσεται ἀπὸ G575 λογισμῶν G3053 ἀσυνέτων G801 καὶ G2532 ἐλεγχθήσεται G1651 ἐπελθούσης G1904 ἀδικίας. G93 [6] Φιλάνθρωπον γὰρ G1063 πνεῦμα G4151 σοφία G4678 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἀθῳώσει βλάσφημον G989 ἀπὸ G575 χειλέων G5491 αὐτοῦ· G846 ὅτι G3754 τῶν G3588 νεφρῶν G3510 αὐτοῦ G846 μάρτυς G3144 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 καὶ G2532 τῆς G3588 καρδίας G2588 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐπίσκοπος G1985 ἀληθὴς G227 καὶ G2532 τῆς G3588 γλώσσης G1100 ἀκουστής. [7] Ὅτι G3754 πνεῦμα G4151 κυρίου G2962 πεπλήρωκεν G4137 τὴν G3588 οἰκουμένην, G3625 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 συνέχον G4912 τὰ G3588 πάντα G3956 γνῶσιν G1108 ἔχει G2192 φωνῆς. G5456 [8] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 φθεγγόμενος G5350 ἄδικα G94 οὐδεὶς G3762 μὴ G3361 λάθῃ, G2990 οὐδὲ G3761 μὴ G3361 παροδεύσῃ αὐτὸν G846 ἐλέγχουσα G1651 ἡ G3588 δίκη. G1349 [9] Ἐν G1722 γὰρ G1063 διαβουλίοις ἀσεβοῦς G765 ἐξέτασις ἔσται, G2071 λόγων G3056 δὲ G1161 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀκοὴ G189 πρὸς G4314 κύριον G2962 ἥξει G2240 εἰς G1519 ἔλεγχον G1650 ἀνομημάτων αὐτοῦ· G846 [10] ὅτι G3754 οὖς G3775 ζηλώσεως ἀκροᾶται τὰ G3588 πάντα, G3956 καὶ G2532 θροῦς γογγυσμῶν G1112 οὐκ G3756 ἀποκρύπτεται. G613 [11] Φυλάξασθε G5442 τοίνυν G5106 γογγυσμὸν G1112 ἀνωφελῆ G512 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 καταλαλιᾶς G2636 φείσασθε G5339 γλώσσης· G1100 ὅτι G3754 φθέγμα λαθραῖον κενὸν G2756 οὐ G3756 πορεύσεται, G4198 στόμα G4750 δὲ G1161 καταψευδόμενον ἀναιρεῖ G337 ψυχήν. G5590 [12] Μὴ G3361 ζηλοῦτε G2206 θάνατον G2288 ἐν G1722 πλάνῃ G4106 ζωῆς G2222 ὑμῶν G5216 μηδὲ G3366 ἐπισπᾶσθε G1986 ὄλεθρον G3639 ἐν G1722 ἔργοις G2041 χειρῶν G5495 ὑμῶν· G5216 [13] ὅτι G3754 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 θάνατον G2288 οὐκ G3756 ἐποίησεν G4160 οὐδὲ G3761 τέρπεται ἐπ’ G1909 ἀπωλείᾳ G684 ζώντων. G2198 [14] Ἔκτισεν G2936 γὰρ G1063 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 εἶναι G1511 τὰ G3588 πάντα, G3956 καὶ G2532 σωτήριοι G4992 αἱ G3588 γενέσεις G1078 τοῦ G3588 κόσμου, G2889 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἐν G1722 αὐταῖς G846 φάρμακον ὀλέθρου G3639 οὔτε G3777 ᾅδου G86 βασίλειον G934 ἐπὶ G1909 γῆς. G1093 [15] Δικαιοσύνη G1343 γὰρ G1063 ἀθάνατός ἐστιν. G2076 [16] Ἀσεβεῖς G765 δὲ G1161 ταῖς G3588 χερσὶν G5495 καὶ G2532 τοῖς G3588 λόγοις G3056 προσεκαλέσαντο G4341 αὐτόν, G846 φίλον G5384 ἡγησάμενοι G2233 αὐτὸν G846 ἐτάκησαν G5080 καὶ G2532 συνθήκην ἔθεντο G5087 πρὸς G4314 αὐτόν, G846 ὅτι G3754 ἄξιοί G514 εἰσιν G1526 τῆς G3588 ἐκείνου G1565 μερίδος G3310 εἶναι. G1511
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament