| DB1 | | WISDOM. The search for justice. Wis.1.1-5 | KNSB Contents | notes| 1 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 1 1 | Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord with uprightness, and seek him with sincerity of heart; | WISDOM. The search for justice. Wis.1.1-5 | |
| 2 | because he is found by those who do not put him to the test, and manifests himself to those who do not distrust him. | ||
| 3 | For perverse thoughts separate men from God, and when his power is tested, it convicts the foolish; | ||
| 4 | because wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul, nor dwell in a body enslaved to sin. | ||
| 5 | For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit, and will rise and depart from foolish thoughts, and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness. | ||