Wisdom of Solomon 6
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1HEare therefore, ô ye Kings, and vnderstand: learne, ye that be iudges of the ends of the earth. 2Giue eare, ye that rule the multitudes & glorie in the multitude of people. 3For the rule is giuen you of the Lord, and power by the moste High, which wil trye your workes, and searche out your imaginacions. 4Because that ye being officers of his kingdome haue not iudged aright, nor kept the Law, nor walked after the wil of God, 5Horribly and sodenly wil he appeare vnto you: for an hard iudgement shal they haue that beare rule. 6For he that is moste lowe, is worthie mercie, but the mightie shalbe mightely tormented. 7For he that is Lord ouer all, wil spare no persone, nether shal he feare anie greatnes: for he hathe made the small and great, and careth for all a like, 8But for the mightie abideth the sorer tryal. 9Vnto you therefore, ô tyrants, do I speake, that ye may learne wisdome, and not go amisse. 10For they that kepe holines holily, shalbe holie, and they that are learned there, shal finde a defence. 11Wherefore set your delite vpon my wordes & desire them, & ye shalbe instructed. 12Wisdome shineth & neuer fadeth away, and is easely sene of them that loue her, & founde of suche as seke her, 13She preuenteth them that desire her, that she may first shewe her self vnto them. 14Whoso awaketh vnto her betimes, shal haue no great trauail: for he shal finde her sitting at his dores. 15To thinke vpon her then is perfite vnderstanding: and who so watcheth for her, shalbe sone without care. 16For she goeth about, seking suche as are mete for her, and sheweth her self cherefully vnto them in the wayes, and meteth them in euerie thoght. 17For the moste true desire of discipline is her beginning: and the care of discipline is loue: 18And loue is the keping of her lawes: and the keping of the lawes is the assurance of immortalitie: 19And immortalitie maketh vs nere vnto God. 20Therefore the desire of wisdome leadeth to the kingdome. 21If your delite be then in thrones, & scepters, ô Kings of the people, honour wisdome, that ye may reigne for euer. 22Now I wil tell you what wisdome is, & whence it cometh, & wil not hide the mysteries from you, but wil seke her out from the beginning of her natiuitie, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and wil not kepe backe the trueth. 23Nether wil I haue to do with consuming enuie: for suche a man shal not be partaker of wisdome. 24But the multitude of the wise is the preseruacion of the worlde, and a wise King is the staye of the people. 25Be therefore instructed by my wordes, & ye shal haue profite: