King James Version · full chapter
Wisdom of Solomon 3
19 verses · King James Version
- 1But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:1
- 2In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:2
- 3And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:3
- 4For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:4
- 5And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:5
- 6As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:6
- 7And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:7
- 8They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:8
- 9They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:9
- 10But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:10
- 11For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable:Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:11
- 12Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked:Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:12
- 13Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed: she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:13
- 14And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:14
- 15For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:15
- 16As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:16
- 17For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honour.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:17
- 18Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:18
- 19For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.Compare translations of Wisdom of Solomon 3:19