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Wisdom 10:11 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" When in their covetousness men dealt harshly with him, she stood by him and made him rich. "
Wisdom 10:11
Verse in Context
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9 but wisdom delivered those who waited on her out of troubles.
10 When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath, wisdom guided him in straight paths. She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things. She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor.
11 When in their covetousness men dealt harshly with him, she stood by him and made him rich.
12 She guarded him from enemies, and she kept him safe from those who lay in wait. Over his severe conflict, she watched as judge, that he might know that godliness is more powerful than every one.
13 When a righteous man was sold, wisdom didn’t forsake him, but she delivered him from sin. She went down with him into a dungeon,
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Wisdom 10:1
"Wisdom guarded to the end the first formed father of the world, who was created alone, and delivered him out of his own transgression,"
Wisdom 10:2
"and gave him strength to rule over all things."
Wisdom 10:3
"But when an unrighteous man fell away from her in his anger, he perished himself in the rage with which he killed his brother."
Wisdom 10:4
"When for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, wisdom again saved it, guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece of wood."
Wisdom 10:5
"Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded, wisdom knew the righteous man, and preserved him blameless to God, and kept him strong when his heart yearned toward his child."
Wisdom 10:6
"While the ungodly were perishing, wisdom delivered a righteous man, when he fled from the fire that descended out of heaven on the five cities."
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