Books
Old Testament · The Books of Wisdom
Wisdom of Solomon
19 chapters · 435 verses
1Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord…2For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our…3But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shal…4Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memoria…5Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face…6Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges…7I myself also am a mortal man, like to all, and the offspring of him…8Wisdom reacheth from one end to another mightily; and sweetly doth sh…9O God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with…10She preserved the first formed father of the world, that was created…11She prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet.12For thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.13Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could…14Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the r…15But thou, our God, art gracious and true, long-suffering, and in merc…16Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, and by the multitu…17For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore unnur…18Nevertheless thy saints had a very great light, whose voice they hear…19As for the ungodly, wrath came upon them without mercy unto the end…
