Wis 1
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Love righteousness, you that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good
(heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.
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For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth himself to such as do
not distrust him.
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For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproves
the unwise.
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For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject
to sin.
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For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that
are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness comes in.
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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.
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For the Spirit of the Lord fills the world: and that which contains all things has
knowledge of the voice.
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Therefore he who speaks unrighteous things cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance,
when it punisheth, pass by him.
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For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly: and the sound of his
words shall come to the Lord for the manifestation of his wicked deeds.
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For the ear of jealousy hears all things: and the noise of murmurings is not hid.
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Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from
backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nothing: and the mouth
that belies slays the soul.
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Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction
with the works of your hands.
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For God made not death: neither has he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
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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:
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(For righteousness is immortal:)
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But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought
to have it their friend, they consumed to nothing, and made a covenant with it, because
they are worthy to take part with it.