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Wisdom 10:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 10:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 When the righteous man was fleeing from the anger of his brother,
she steered him to straight paths.
She showed him the kingdom of God
and bestowed upon him a knowledge of holy things.
She gave success to his labors
and multiplied the fruit of his work.
11 She aided him against the greed of his oppressors
and made him a wealthy man.
12 She protected him from his enemies
and saved him from ambushers.
In his arduous struggle she brought him victory
so that he might realize that piety[a] is more powerful than anything else.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 10:12 Piety: i.e., “fear of the Lord” (see Prov 1:7). In Jacob’s spiritual struggle with God, it was Wisdom that aided him to realize that the only help for human beings is in fear of the Lord.