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Wisdom 4:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But the peoples saw and didn’t understand, not considering this, that grace and mercy are with his chosen, and that he visits his holy ones; "
Wisdom 4:15
Verse in Context
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13 Being made perfect quickly, he filled a long time;
14 for his soul was pleasing to the Lord. Therefore he hurried out of the midst of wickedness.
15 But the peoples saw and didn’t understand, not considering this, that grace and mercy are with his chosen, and that he visits his holy ones;
16 but a righteous man who is dead will condemn the ungodly who are living, and youth who is quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age.
17 For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end, and won’t understand what the Lord planned for him, and why he safely kept him.
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Wisdom 4:1
"It is better to be childless with virtue, for immortality is in the memory of virtue, because it is recognized both before God and before men."
Wisdom 4:2
"When it is present, people imitate it. They long after it when it has departed. Throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph, victorious in the competition for the prizes that are undefiled."
Wisdom 4:3
"But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit, and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root, nor will they establish a sure hold."
Wisdom 4:4
"For even if they grow branches and flourish for a season, standing unsure, they will be shaken by the wind. They will be uprooted by the violence of winds."
Wisdom 4:5
"Their branches will be broken off before they come to maturity. Their fruit will be useless, never ripe to eat, and fit for nothing."
Wisdom 4:6
"For unlawfully conceived children are witnesses of wickedness against parents when they are investigated."
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