Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Wisdom will never be at home with anyone who is deceitful or a slave of sin. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins. Wisdom 1:2For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to them that have faith in him. Wisdom 1:3 For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise: 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. Wisdom 1:6 For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. Context Wisdom 1…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. 5For 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.… Cross References 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 1:3 For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise: 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. Wisdom 1:6 For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. |