Wisdom 1:4-6

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴because wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul,
nor dwell in a body enslaved to sin.
⁵For a holy and disciplined spirit^[a] will flee from deceit,
and will rise and depart from foolish thoughts,
and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness.

⁶For wisdom is a kindly spirit
and will not free a blasphemer from the guilt of his words;
because God is witness of his inmost feelings,
and a true observer of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.

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Footnotes

1.5 a holy and disciplined spirit: Literally, “a holy spirit of discipline.” Verse 6 seems to suggest here a personification of the Holy Spirit; cf. also verse 7: the Spirit of the Lord.

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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