| 1:1 | Love justice, you who judge the land. Think of the Lord in goodness and seek him in simplicity of heart.
|
| 1:2 | For he is found by those who do not test him, yet he reveals himself to those who have faith in him.
|
| 1:3 | For perverse thoughts separate from God. But his virtue, when it is tested, corrects the foolish.
|
| 1:4 | For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subdued by sin.
|
| 1:5 | For the holy spirit of instruction will flee from falsehood, and he will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he will not be reached when iniquity overcomes.
|
| 1:6 | For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not release the evil speaker from his talk, because God is a witness of his temperament, and a true examiner of his heart, and an auditor of his words.
|
| 1:7 | For the spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and he who contains all things, retains knowledge of every voice.
|
