Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise: 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: 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. |