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[a]Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom does not enter,
    nor does she dwell in a body under debt of sin.(A)
For the holy spirit of discipline[b] flees deceit
    and withdraws from senseless counsels
    and is rebuked when unrighteousness occurs.(B)

For wisdom is a kindly spirit,
    yet she does not acquit blasphemous lips;
Because God is the witness of the inmost self(C)
    and the sure observer of the heart
    and the listener to the tongue.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:4 In these verses personified Wisdom is identified with the spirit of the Lord; so also in 9:17.
  2. 1:5 Discipline: here and elsewhere, another name for Wisdom.