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• A good friend to man is this spirit of wisdom, that convicts the blasphemer of his wild words; God can witness his secret thoughts, can read his heart unerringly, and shall his utterance go unheard? (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 6)

• The hidden counsel of the godless will all come to light; no word of it but reaches the divine hearing, and betrays their wicked design; (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 9)

• What, would he claim knowledge of divine secrets, give himself out as the son of God? (Wisdom of Solomon 2, 13)

• No better than false coin he counts us, holds aloof from our doings as though they would defile him; envies the just their future happiness, boasts of a divine parentage. (Wisdom of Solomon 2, 16)

• Their case is pitiable indeed, who make light of true wisdom and of ordered living; vain their hope, profitless their toil, barren their achievement. (Wisdom of Solomon 3, 11)

• A noble harvest good men reap from their labours; wisdom is a root which never yet cast its crop. (Wisdom of Solomon 3, 15)

• Divine favour, divine love banished him from a life he shared with sinners; (Wisdom of Solomon 4, 10)

• But what see they? Here is a man dead, and all his wisdom could not save him. That the Lord planned all this, and for the saving of him, does not enter their minds. (Wisdom of Solomon 4, 17)

• (Wisdom more avails than strength; for a man of prudence, the warrior is no match.)✻ (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 1)

• you that held his commission and were false to it, justice neglected, the law set aside, his divine will transgressed. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 5)

• Do you, then, royal sirs (for my warning touches none so nearly), learn wisdom’s lesson, and save yourselves from ruin. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 10)

• The bright beacon of wisdom, that never burns dim, how readily seen by eyes that long for it, how open to their search! (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 13)