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Wisdom 3

  1. 1But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
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  2. 2In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,
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  3. 3And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
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  4. 4For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.
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  5. 5And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.
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  6. 6As gold in the furnace has he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.
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  7. 7And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.
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  8. 8They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
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  9. 9They 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 has care for his elect.
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  10. 10But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
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  11. 11For whoso despises wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labors unfruitful, and their works unprofitable:
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  12. 12Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked:
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  13. 13Their offspring is cursed. Therefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which has not known the sinful bed: she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
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  14. 14And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands has wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for to 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. 15For glorious is the fruit of good labors: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.
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  16. 16As 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. 17For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honor.
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  18. 18Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.
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  19. 19For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.
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