Wisdom of Solomon 5:13-23
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13 Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.
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14 For the hope of the Godly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
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15 But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.
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16 Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
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17 He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.
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18 He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.
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19 He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.
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20 His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.
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21 Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.
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22 And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.
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23 Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.