Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They no longer kept their lives or their marriages pure. A man might kill another by an act of treachery or cause him grief by committing adultery with his wife. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So that now they neither keep life, nor marriage undefiled, but one killeth another through envy, or grieveth him by adultery: Wisdom 14:22And it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but whereas they lived in a great war of ignorance, they call so many and so great evils peace. Wisdom 14:23 For either they sacrifice their own children, or use hidden sacrifices, or keep watches full of madness, Wisdom 14:25 And all things are mingled together, blood, murder, theft, and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good, Wisdom 14:26 Forgetfulness of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleanness. Context Wisdom 14…23For either they sacrifice their own children, or use hidden sacrifices, or keep watches full of madness, 24So that now they neither keep life, nor marriage undefiled, but one killeth another through envy, or grieveth him by adultery: 25And all things are mingled together, blood, murder, theft, and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good,… Cross References Wisdom 14:22 And it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but whereas they lived in a great war of ignorance, they call so many and so great evils peace. Wisdom 14:23 For either they sacrifice their own children, or use hidden sacrifices, or keep watches full of madness, Wisdom 14:25 And all things are mingled together, blood, murder, theft, and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good, Wisdom 14:26 Forgetfulness of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleanness. |