The Wisdome of Solomon. Chapter 6

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CHAP. VI.

1 Kings must giue eare. 3 They haue their power from God, 5 Who will not spare them. 12 Wisedome is soone found. 21 Princes must seeke for it: 24 For a wise Prince is the stay of his people.

¹Heare therefore, O yee kings, and vnderstand, learne yee that be iudges of the ends of the earth.

²Giue eare you that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.

³For power is giuen you of the Lord, & soueraigntie from the Highest, who shall try your workes; and search out your counsels.³

⁴Because being Ministers of his kingdome, you haue not iudged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsell of God,

⁵Horribly and speedily shall he come vpon you: for a sharpe iudgement shall be to them that be in high places.

⁶For mercy will soone pardon the meanest: but mighty men shall be mightily tormented.

⁷For 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.⁷

⁸But a sore triall shall come vpon the mighty.

⁹Unto you therefore, O kings, doe I speake, that yee may learne wisedome, and not fall away.

¹⁰For they that keepe holinesse holily, shall be iudged holy: and they that haue learned such things, shall find what to answere.¹⁰

¹¹Wherefore set your affection vpon my words, desire them, and yee shall be instructed.

¹²Wisedome is glorious and neuer fadeth away: yea she is easily seene of them that loue her, and found of such as seeke her.

¹³She preuenteth them that desire her, in making herselfe first knowen vnto them.

¹⁴Whoso seeketh her earely, shall haue no great trauaile: for he shall find her sitting at his doores.

¹⁵To thinke therefore vpon her is perfection of wisedome: and who so watcheth for her, shall quickly be without care.

¹⁶For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herselfe fauourably vnto them in the wayes, and meeteth them in euery thought.

¹⁷For the very true beginning of her, is the desire of discipline, and the care of discipline is loue:¹⁷

¹⁸And loue is the keeping of her lawes; and the giuing heed vnto her lawes, is the assurance of incorruption.

¹⁹And incorruption maketh vs neere vnto God.

²⁰Therefore the desire of wisedome bringeth to a kingdome.

²¹If your delight be then in thrones and scepters, O ye kings of the people, honour wisedome that yee may raigne for euermore.

²²As 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.

²³Neither will I goe with consuming enuy: for such a man shall haue no fellowship with wisedome.

²⁴But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the vpholding of the people.

²⁵Receiue therefore instruction thorough my words, and it shall doe you good.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Wisdom of Solomon Chapter 6

³ Rom.13. 1,2.
⁷ 2.Chro. 19.17. deut. 10.17. iob. 34. 19. ecclesi. 35. 12. 16. act. 10.24. rom. 2.11. gal. 2. 6. ephe 6.9 col.3.25. 1.pet.1.17.
¹⁰ Or, iustified. , Or, a defence.
¹⁷ Or, nurture

* Some content courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania

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