Wisdom of Solomon 3:8-19
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8 They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
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9 They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.
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10 But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
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11 For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable:
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12 Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked:
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13 Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed: she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
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14 And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.
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15 For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.
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16 As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.
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17 For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honour.
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18 Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.
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19 For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.