1611 King James Bible
Wisdom of Solomon 6
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:1 Heare therefore, O yee kings, and vnderstand, learne yee that be iudges of the ends of the earth.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:2 Giue eare you that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:3 For power is giuen you of the Lord, & soueraigntie from the Highest, who shall try your workes; and search out your counsels.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:4 Because being Ministers of his kingdome, you haue not iudged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsell of God,
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:5 Horribly and speedily shall he come vpon you: for a sharpe iudgement shall be to them that be in high places.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:6 For mercy will soone pardon the meanest: but mighty men shall be mightily tormented.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:7 For he which is Lord ouer all, shall feare no mans person: neither shall he stand in awe of any mans greatnesse: for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:8 But a sore triall shall come vpon the mighty.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:9 Unto you therefore, O kings, doe I speake, that yee may learne wisedome, and not fall away.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:10 For they that keepe holinesse holily, shall be iudged holy: and they that haue learned such things, shall find what to answere.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:11 Wherefore set your affection vpon my words, desire them, and yee shall be instructed.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:12 Wisedome is glorious and neuer fadeth away: yea she is easily seene of them that loue her, and found of such as seeke her.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:13 She preuenteth them that desire her, in making herselfe first knowen vnto them.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:14 Whoso seeketh her earely, shall haue no great trauaile: for he shall find her sitting at his doores.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:15 To thinke therefore vpon her is perfection of wisedome: and who so watcheth for her, shall quickly be without care.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:16 For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herselfe fauourably vnto them in the wayes, and meeteth them in euery thought.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:17 For the very true beginning of her, is the desire of discipline, and the care of discipline is loue:
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:18 And loue is the keeping of her lawes; and the giuing heed vnto her lawes, is the assurance of incorruption.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:19 And incorruption maketh vs neere vnto God.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:20 Therefore the desire of wisedome bringeth to a kingdome.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:21 If your delight be then in thrones and scepters, O ye kings of the people, honour wisedome that yee may raigne for euermore.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:22 As for wisedome what she is, and how she came vp, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seeke her out from the beginning of her natiuity, & bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not passe ouer the trueth.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:23 Neither will I goe with consuming enuy: for such a man shall haue no fellowship with wisedome.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:24 But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the vpholding of the people.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:25 Receiue therefore instruction thorough my words, and it shall doe you good.