Wisdom 6
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| 1 | Heare therefore, O yee kings, and vnderstand, learne yee that be iudges of the ends of the earth. |
| 2 | Giue eare you that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations. |
| 3 | For power is giuen you of the Lord, & soueraigntie from the Highest, who shall try your workes; and search out your counsels. |
| 4 | Because being Ministers of his kingdome, you haue not iudged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsell of God, |
| 5 | Horribly and speedily shall he come vpon you: for a sharpe iudgement shall be to them that be in high places. |
| 6 | For mercy will soone pardon the meanest: but mighty men shall be mightily tormented. |
| 7 | For he which is Lord ouer all, shall feare no mans person: neither shall he stand in awe of any mans greatnesse: for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike. |
| 8 | But a sore triall shall come vpon the mighty. |
| 9 | Unto you therefore, O kings, doe I speake, that yee may learne wisedome, and not fall away. |
| 10 | For they that keepe holinesse holily, shall be iudged holy: and they that haue learned such things, shall find what to answere. |
| 11 | Wherefore set your affection vpon my words, desire them, and yee shall be instructed. |
| 12 | Wisedome is glorious and neuer fadeth away: yea she is easily seene of them that loue her, and found of such as seeke her. |
| 13 | She preuenteth them that desire her, in making herselfe first knowen vnto them. |
| 14 | Whoso seeketh her earely, shall haue no great trauaile: for he shall find her sitting at his doores. |
| 15 | To thinke therefore vpon her is perfection of wisedome: and who so watcheth for her, shall quickly be without care. |
| 16 | For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herselfe fauourably vnto them in the wayes, and meeteth them in euery thought. |
| 17 | For the very true beginning of her, is the desire of discipline, and the care of discipline is loue: |
| 18 | And loue is the keeping of her lawes; and the giuing heed vnto her lawes, is the assurance of incorruption. |
| 19 | And incorruption maketh vs neere vnto God. |
| 20 | Therefore the desire of wisedome bringeth to a kingdome. |
| 21 | If your delight be then in thrones and scepters, O ye kings of the people, honour wisedome that yee may raigne for euermore. |
| 22 | As for wisedome what she is, and how she came vp, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seeke her out from the beginning of her natiuity, & bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not passe ouer the trueth. |
| 23 | Neither will I goe with consuming enuy: for such a man shall haue no fellowship with wisedome. |
| 24 | But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the vpholding of the people. |
| 25 | Receiue therefore instruction thorough my words, and it shall doe you good. |
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