Wisdom 1:3
Good News Translation
Dishonest thoughts separate people from God, and if we are foolish enough to test him, his power will put us to shame.

New Revised Standard Version
For perverse thoughts separate people from God, and when his power is tested, it exposes the foolish;

Contemporary English Version
Our deceitful thoughts separate us from God, and by putting God to the test, we make fools of ourselves,

New American Bible
For perverse counsels separate people from God, and his power, put to the proof, rebukes the foolhardy;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise:

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

Wisdom 1:1
Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart:

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 1:4
For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins.

Wisdom 1:5
For the Holy Spirit of discipline will flee from the deceitful, and will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he shall not abide when iniquity cometh in.

Context
Wisdom 1
2For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to them that have faith in him. 3For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise: 4For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins.…
Cross References
Wisdom 1:1
Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart:

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 1:4
For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins.

Wisdom 1:5
For the Holy Spirit of discipline will flee from the deceitful, and will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he shall not abide when iniquity cometh in.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 1:2
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