Categoría: THE BOOK OF WISDOM

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Introduction The Book of Wisdom was written about a hundred years before the coming of Christ. Its author, whose name is not known to us, was a member of the Jewish community at Alexandria, in Egypt. He wrote in Greek, in a style patterned on that… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Introduction

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Chapter 1 1 1 Love justice, you who judge the earth; think of the LORD in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart; 2 Because he is found by those who test him not, and he manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him. 3… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Chapter 1

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Chapter 2 1 they who said among themselves, thinking not aright: «Brief and troublous is our lifetime; neither is there any remedy for man’s dying, nor is anyone known to have come back from the nether world. 2 For haphazard were we born, and hereafter we… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Chapter 2

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Chapter 3 1 1 But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. 2 They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction 3 and their going forth… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Chapter 3

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Chapter 4 1 1 Better is childlessness with virtue; for immortal is its memory: because both by God is it acknowledged, and by men. 2 When it is present men imitate it, and they long for it when it is gone; And forever it marches crowned in… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Chapter 4

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Chapter 5 1 Then shall the just one with great assurance confront his oppressors who set at nought his labors. 2 Seeing this, they shall be shaken with dreadful fear, and amazed at the unlooked-for salvation. 3 They shall say among themselves, rueful and groaning through… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Chapter 5

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Chapter 6 1 Hear, therefore, kings, and understand; learn, you magistrates of the earth’s expanse! 2 Hearken, you who are in power over the multitude and lord it over throngs of peoples! 3 Because authority was given you by the LORD and sovereignty by the Most… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Chapter 6

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Chapter 7 1 1 I too am a mortal man, the same as all the rest, and a descendant of the first man formed on earth. And in my mother’s womb I was molded into flesh 2 2 in a ten-months’ period-body and blood, from the seed of… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Chapter 7

The Bible – Old Testament The Book of Wisdom Chapter 8 1 1 Indeed, she reaches from end to end mightily and governs all things well. 2 Her I loved and sought after from my youth; I sought to take her for my bride and was enamored of her beauty. 3 She adds to nobility the… Seguir leyendo The Book of Wisdom – Chapter 8