Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Everyone who is holy has learned to stay away from deceitful people. He will not stay around when foolish thoughts are being expressed; he will not feel comfortable when injustice is done. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 1:3For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise: Wisdom 1:4 For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins. 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. Wisdom 1:7 For the Spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world: and that which containeth all things, hath knowledge of the voice. Context Wisdom 1…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. 6For 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.… Cross References Wisdom 1:3 For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise: Wisdom 1:4 For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins. 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. Wisdom 1:7 For the Spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world: and that which containeth all things, hath knowledge of the voice. |