Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He created everything so that it might continue to exist, and everything he created is wholesome and good. There is no deadly poison in them. No, death does not rule this world, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For he created all things that they might be: and he made the nations of the earth for health: and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor kingdom of hell upon the earth. Wisdom 1:12Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands. Wisdom 1:13 For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. Wisdom 1:15 For justice is perpetual and immortal. Wisdom 1:16 But the wicked with works and words have called it to them: and esteeming it a friend, have fallen away and have made a covenant with it: because they are worthy to be of the part thereof. Context Wisdom 1…13For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. 14For he created all things that they might be: and he made the nations of the earth for health: and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor kingdom of hell upon the earth. 15For justice is perpetual and immortal.… Cross References Wisdom 1:12 Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands. Wisdom 1:13 For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. Wisdom 1:15 For justice is perpetual and immortal. Wisdom 1:16 But the wicked with works and words have called it to them: and esteeming it a friend, have fallen away and have made a covenant with it: because they are worthy to be of the part thereof. |