Wisdom 1:1
Good News Translation
Love justice, you rulers of the world. Set your minds sincerely on the Lord, and look for him with all honesty.

New Revised Standard Version
Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord in goodness and seek him with sincerity of heart;

Contemporary English Version
You rulers of this earth should love justice; you should do what is right and keep the Lord in mind.

New American Bible
Love righteousness, you who judge the earth; think of the LORD in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart:

2 Maccabees 15:39
Which if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired: but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me.

2 Maccabees 15:40
For as it is hurtful to drink always wine, or always water, but pleasant to use sometimes the one, and sometimes the other: so if the speech be always nicely framed, it will not be grateful to the readers. But here it shall be ended.

Wisdom 1:2
For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to them that have faith in him.

Wisdom 1:3
For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise:

Context
Wisdom 1
1Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart: 2For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to them that have faith in him.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 15:39
Which if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired: but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me.

2 Maccabees 15:40
For as it is hurtful to drink always wine, or always water, but pleasant to use sometimes the one, and sometimes the other: so if the speech be always nicely framed, it will not be grateful to the readers. But here it shall be ended.

Wisdom 1:2
For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to them that have faith in him.

Wisdom 1:3
For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise:



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