{"id":1835,"date":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis03\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T01:07:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T05:07:14","slug":"wis03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis03\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom of Solomon 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 3<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery, <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They 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. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable: <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked: <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Their 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. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And 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. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honour. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Wisdom of Solomon Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wis19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 1\u00a0But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. 2\u00a0In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery, 3\u00a0And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace. 4\u00a0For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality. 5\u00a0And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself. 6\u00a0As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering. 7\u00a0And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble. 8\u00a0They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever. 9\u00a0They 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. 10\u00a0But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord. 11\u00a0For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable: 12\u00a0Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked: 13\u00a0Their 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. 14\u00a0And 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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apocrypha","tag-wisdom-of-solomon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4057,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions\/4057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}