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Wisdom 1:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 1:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 Perverse thoughts separate a man from God,
and when his power is put to the test, it reproaches the foolish.
4 Wisdom refuses to enter a soul devoted to evil
or to dwell in a body indebted to sin.
5 For the holy spirit of discipline[a] shuns deceit,
shrinks away from foolish discourse,
and is ashamed at the approach of injustice.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 1:5 Holy spirit of discipline: Wisdom (called “discipline” here) was regarded as dispensed by a “holy spirit” (see Ps 51:13; Isa 63:10-11); the whole phrase seems to indicate the power of God that directs the life of human beings and of the universe. The reference is ultimately to the work of the Holy Spirit (see Jn 14:26).
