Wisdom of Solomon 4:8-14
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8 For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years.
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9 But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
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10 He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated.
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11 Yea speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.
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12 For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.
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13 He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time:
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14 For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.