Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation God will tolerate no challenge, and since he hears everything, you cannot hide your complaining from him. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the ear of jealousy heareth all things, and the tumult of murmuring shall not be hid. Wisdom 1:8Therefore he that speaketh unjust things, cannot be hid, neither shall the chastising judgment pass him by. Wisdom 1:9 For inquisition shall be made into the thoughts of the ungodly, and the hearing of his words shall come to God, to the chastising of his iniquities. Wisdom 1:11 Keep yourselves, therefore, from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul. Wisdom 1:12 Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands. Context Wisdom 1…9For inquisition shall be made into the thoughts of the ungodly, and the hearing of his words shall come to God, to the chastising of his iniquities. 10For the ear of jealousy heareth all things, and the tumult of murmuring shall not be hid. 11Keep yourselves, therefore, from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul.… Cross References Wisdom 1:8 Therefore he that speaketh unjust things, cannot be hid, neither shall the chastising judgment pass him by. Wisdom 1:9 For inquisition shall be made into the thoughts of the ungodly, and the hearing of his words shall come to God, to the chastising of his iniquities. Wisdom 1:11 Keep yourselves, therefore, from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul. Wisdom 1:12 Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands. |