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Wisdom 10:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 10:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 She protected him from his enemies
and saved him from ambushers.
In his arduous struggle she brought him victory
so that he might realize that piety[a] is more powerful than anything else.
13 When the righteous man[b] was sold, Wisdom did not desert him,
but she delivered him from sin.
14 She descended with him into the dungeon,
and she did not forsake him in his chains
until she had brought him a royal scepter
and power over his adversaries.
She exposed the falsity of his accusers
and bestowed on him everlasting glory.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 10:12 Piety: i.e., “fear of the Lord” (see Prov 1:7). In Jacob’s spiritual struggle with God, it was Wisdom that aided him to realize that the only help for human beings is in fear of the Lord.
- Wisdom 10:13 Righteous man: i.e., Joseph (see Gen 37ff).