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Wisdom 6:4
You are merely stewards of his kingdom. If you don’t judge rightly, if you don’t keep the Law, or if you don’t act according to God’s plan,
For power is given you by the Lord, and strength by the most High, who will examine your works, and search out your thoughts:
You rule on behalf of God and his kingdom, and if you do not govern justly, if you do not uphold the law, if you do not live according to God's will,
Because, though you were ministers of his kingdom, you did not judge rightly, and did not keep the law, nor walk according to the will of God,
Since as servants of his kingdom you neither ruled justly, nor kept his law, nor walked in the paths designated by the will of God,
Because as servants of his kingdom you did not rule rightly, or keep the law, or walk according to the purpose of God,
Because as servants of his kingdom you did not rule rightly, or keep the law, or walk according to the purpose of God,
Because as servants of his kingdom you did not rule rightly, or keep the law, or walk according to the purpose of God,
Because as servants of his kingdom you did not rule rightly or keep the law or walk according to the purpose of God,
Because as servants of his kingdom you did not rule rightly, nor keep the law, nor walk according to the purpose of God,
Because as servants of his kingdom you did not rule rightly, nor keep the law, nor walk according to the purpose of God,
For when ye were ministers of his realm, ye deemed not rightfully, neither ye kept the law of rightfulness, neither ye went by the will of God. [For when ye were ministers of his realm, not rightly ye deemed, nor kept the law of rightwiseness, nor after the will of God ye went.]
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