Wisdom 1:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit,
and will leave foolish thoughts behind,
and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness.

⁶For wisdom is a kindly spirit,
but will not free blasphemers from the guilt of their words;
because God is witness of their inmost feelings,
and a true observer of their hearts, and a hearer of their tongues.
⁷Because the spirit of the Lord has filled the world,
and that which holds all things together knows what is said,

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