The Wisdom of Solomon
Chapter One
1. If you love justice
you can judge the world.
Think of the Almighty with sincerity
and seek Him with a humble heart.
2. Because He is found
only by those who trust Him.
For He shows Himself
to those who have faith in Him.
3. For wicked thinking separates us
from God and His authority.
Such thinking condemns the unwise.
4. And wisdom penetrates not the malicious
nor will it dwell in a body
bound by wickedness.
5. Because the power of the Holy Spirit
departs from the deceitful
and withdraws from those
who judge without understanding.
He will not dwell
where dishonesty lies
and will depart from judgment
without understanding.
6. For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent.
It acquits not those who speak in wickedness
because God understands ones limits
for He knows the heart
and hears what is said.
7. And the spirit of the Almighty
has filled the whole world
and that which contains everything
hears what is said.
8. Thus those who speak wrongly
can never hide themselves
nor will they circumvent consequences
that will teach them.
9. For unholy thinking gets examined
and every word we speak
is heard by God
and every action has consequences.
10. And the ear of envy hears so much
and the turmoil of rumor
cannot be hidden.
11. Therefore withdraw from rumor mongering
which will gain you nothing.
Refrain therefore from disparaging others
for loose lips have consequences
and lying lips harm the soul.
12. Seek not the ruin of error
within your lifetime
nor bring on destruction
through the works of your hands.
13. For God did not make ruination
nor does He pleasure
in the destruction of life.
14. He created all that has ever existed
and made the people of the earth
for their healing.
There is no venom of destruction
nor was earth created
to be a kingdom of hell.
15. For justice is perpetual
as well as immortal.
16. Yet with works and words
they bring on the wickedness
thinking it is a friend.
They join together with it
and make promises with it
because they became a part of it.
