Wisdom of Solomon 1
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1LOue righteousnes, ye that be Iudges of the earth: thinke reuerently of the Lord, & seke him in simplicitie of heart. 2For he wil be founde of them that tempte him not, & appeareth vnto suche as be not vnfaithful vnto him. 3For wicked thoghts seperate from God: and his power when it is tryed, reproueth the vnwise, 4Because wisdome can not enter into a wicked heart, nor dwell in the body that is subiect vnto sinne. 5For the holy Spirit of discipline fleeth from disceit, & withdraweth him self from the thoghts that are without vnderstanding, and is rebuked when wickednes cometh. 6For the Spirit of wisdome is louing, and wil not absolue him, that blasphemeth with his lippes: for God is a witnes of his reines, and a true beholder of his heart, and an hearer of the tongue. 7For the Spirit of the Lord filleth all the worlde: and the same that mainteineth all things, hathe knowledge of the voyce. 8Therefore he that speaketh vnrighteous things, can not be hid: nether shal the iudgement of reproche let him escape. 9For inquisition shalbe made for the thoghtes of the vngodlie, and the sounde of his wordes shal come vnto God for the correction of his iniquities. 10For the eare of ielousie heareth all things, and the noyce of the grudgings shal not be hid. 11Therefore beware of murmuring, which profiteth nothing, & refraine your tongue from sclander: for there is no worde so secret, that shal go for noght, & the mouth that speaketh lies, slaieth the soule. 12Seke not death in the errour of your life: destroye not your selues thorow the workes of your owne hands. 13For God hathe not made death, nether hathe he pleasure in the destruction of the liuing. 14For he created all things, that thei might haue their being: and the generacions of the worlde are preserued, and there is no poyson of destruction in them, & the kingdome of hell is not vpon earth. 15For righteousnes is immortal, but vnrighteousnes bringeth death. 16And the vngodlie call it vnto them bothe with hands and wordes: and while they thinke to haue a friend of it, they come to naught: for they are confederate with it: therefore are they worthie to be partakers thereof.