THE WISDOME OF SOLOMON. (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV

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CHAP. III.

1 The godly are happie in their death, 5 and in their troubles; 10 The wicked are not, nor their children: 15 But they that are pure, are happie, though they haue no children: 16 For the adulterer and his seed shall perish.

¹ But the soules of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.¹

² In the sight of the vnwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,²

³ And their going from vs to be vtter destruction: but they are in peace.

⁴ For though they bee punished in the sight of men: yet is their hope full of immortalitie.⁴

⁵ And hauing bene a little chastised, they shalbe greatly rewarded: for God proued them, and found them worthy for himselfe.⁵

⁶ As gold in the furnace hath hee tried them, and receiued them as a burnt offering.

⁷ And in the time of their visitation, they shall shine and runne to and fro, like sparkes among the stubble.⁷

⁸ They shall iudge the nations, and haue dominion ouer the people, and their Lord shall raigne for euer.⁸

⁹ They that put their trust in him, shall vnderstand the trueth: and such as be faithfull in loue, shall abide with him: for grace & mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.⁹

¹⁰ But the vngodly shalbe punished according to their owne imaginations, which haue neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.¹⁰

¹¹ For who so despiseth wisedome, and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vaine, their labours vnfruitfull, and their works vnprofitable.

¹² Their wiues are foolish, and their children wicked.¹²

¹³ Their of-spring is cursed: wherefore blessed is the barren that is vndefiled, which hath not knowen the sinfull bed: she shall haue fruit in the visitation of soules.¹³

¹⁴ And blessed is the Eunuch which with his hands hath wrought no iniquitie: nor imagined wicked things against God: for vnto him shall be giuen the speciall gift of faith, and an inheritance in the Temple of the Lord more acceptable to his minde.¹⁴

¹⁵ For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisedom shall neuer fall away.

¹⁶ As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an vnrighteous bed shal be rooted out.¹⁶

¹⁷ For though they liue long, yet shall they bee nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honour.

¹⁸ Or if they die quickly, they haue no hope, neither comfort in the day of triall.¹⁸

¹⁹ For horrible is the end of the vnrighteous generation.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Wisdom of Solomon Chapter 3

¹ Deut. 33. 3.
² Chap.5.4.
⁴ Rom.8. 24. 1.cor.5. 1. 1.pet.1. 13.
⁵ Or, benefited. , Exod. 16. 4. deut.8.2. , Or, meet.
⁷ Matth.13. 43.
⁸ Matt. 19. 28. 1.cor.6. 2.
⁹ Or, and such as be faithfull shall remaine with him in loue.
¹⁰ Mat. 25. 41.
¹² Or, light, or vnchaste.
¹³ Esai. 56.5.
¹⁴ Esai. 56. 4,5. , Gre. the chosen, or amongst the people.
¹⁶ Or, be partakers of holy things.
¹⁸ Or, bearing

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