Wisdom 1

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.	1 Love justice, you who judge the earth; think of the LORD in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart;
2 For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth himself unto such as do not distrust him.	2 Because he is found by those who test him not, and he manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him.
3 For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.	3 For perverse counsels separate a man from God, and his power, put to the proof, rebukes the foolhardy;
4 For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.	4 Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom enters not, nor dwells she in a body under debt of sin.
5 For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.	5 For the holy spirit of discipline flees deceit and withdraws from senseless counsels; and when injustice occurs it is rebuked.
6 For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.	6 For wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet she acquits not the blasphemer of his guilty lips; Because God is the witness of his inmost self and the sure observer of his heart and the listener to his tongue.
7 For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.	7 For the spirit of the LORD fills the world, is all-embracing, and knows what man says.
8 Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.	8 Therefore no one who utters wicked things can go unnoticed, nor will chastising condemnation pass him by.
9 For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly: and the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord for the manifestation of his wicked deeds.	9 For the devices of the wicked man shall be scrutinized, and the sound of his words shall reach the LORD, for the chastisement of his transgressions;
10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of murmurings is not hid.	10 Because a jealous ear hearkens to everything, and discordant grumblings are no secret.
11 Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.	11 Therefore guard against profitless grumbling, and from calumny withhold your tongues; For a stealthy utterance does not go unpunished, and a lying mouth slays the soul.
12 Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction with the works of your hands.	12 Court not death by your erring way of life, nor draw to yourselves destruction by the works of your hands.
13 For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.	13 Because God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.
14 For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth:	14 For he fashioned all things that they might have being; and the creatures of the world are wholesome, And there is not a destructive drug among them nor any domain of the nether world on earth,
15 (For righteousness is immortal:)	15 For justice is undying.
16 But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.	16 It was the wicked who with hands and words invited death, considered it a friend, and pined for it, and made a covenant with it, Because they deserve to be in its possession,