Verse 12
Wisdom of Solomon 1:12
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
12
Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, And refrain your tongue from backbiting; Because no secret utterance shall go on its way void, And a mouth that belieth destroyeth a soul.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ/דָ֕ן אֲחִיעֶ֖זֶר בֶּן עַמִּֽישַׁדָּֽי
English Translation
To/Dan, Achiezer son of Ammishaddai.
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THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON..
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Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth, Think ye of the Lord with a good mind, And in si...
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Because he is found of them that tempt him not, And is manifested to them that do not distrust him.
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For crooked thoughts separate from God (Elohim); And the supreme Power, when it is brought to the p...
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Because wisdom will not enter into a soul that deviseth evil, Nor dwell in a body that is held in pl...
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For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit. And will start away from thoughts that are without...
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For wisdom is a spirit that loveth man, And she will not hold a blasphemer guiltless for his lips; B...
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Because the spirit of the Lord hath filled the world, And that which holdeth all things together hat...
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Therefore no man that uttereth unrighteous things shall be unseen; Neither shall Justice, when it co...
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For in the midst of his counsels the ungodly shall be searched out; And the sound of his words shal...
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Because there is an ear of jealousy that listeneth to all things, And the noise of murmurings is n...
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Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, And refrain your tongue from backbiting; Because no secret ut...
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Court not death in the error of your life; Neither draw upon yourselves destruction by the works of...
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Because God (Elohim) made not death; Neither delighteth he when the living perish:
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For he created all things that they might have being: And the generative powers of the world are he...
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For righteousness is immortal:
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But ungodly men by their hands and their words called death unto them: Deeming him a friend they con...
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