Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So be sure that you do not go around complaining--it does no good--and don't engage in bitter talk. The most secret things you say will have their consequences, and lying will destroy your soul. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 1:9For 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. Wisdom 1:10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all things, and the tumult of murmuring shall not be hid. 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. Context Wisdom 1…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. 12Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands.… Cross References 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 1:10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all things, and the tumult of murmuring shall not be hid. 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. |