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Wisdom 6:1
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 6:1
New Catholic Bible
At the Source of Wisdom[a]
Seek and You Will Find
Chapter 6
A Rigorous Judgment Awaits the Mighty[b]
1 Listen, then, O kings, and try to comprehend;
learn, O judges of the whole earth.[c]
Footnotes
- Wisdom 6:1 A mysterious force animates the conduct of the righteous and opens to them the hope of immortality: this is Wisdom. It cannot come simply from this earth and result solely from human effort; it finds its origins beyond these horizons—and comes from heaven. To make it accepted, the author ably presents his own experience and reflection (chs. 6–9) as sentiments of Solomon, the wise man beyond compare.
- Wisdom 6:1 This text places all on guard against the abuse of their power, their prestige, and their state. Who in their own way are not tempted to be high and mighty? Let them learn to serve and to live under the judgment of God who is righteous.
- Wisdom 6:1 The Vulgate adds these words as verse 1 of this chapter: “Wisdom is better than strength, / and the prudent man is better than the mighty.” This necessitates a change in the enumeration of all the verses of the chapter.
