1 I myself am also* mortal, like everyone else, and am a descendant of one formed first and born of the earth. 2 I molded into flesh in the time of ten months…

1 Hear therefore, you kings, and understand. Learn, you judges of the ends of the earth. 2 Give ear, you rulers who have dominion over many people, and make your boast* in multitudes…

1 Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness before the face of those who afflicted him, and those who make his labors of no account. 2 When they see him,…

1 It is better to be childless with virtue, for immortality is in the memory of virtue, because it is recognized both before God and before men. 2 When it is present,…

1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them. 2 In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died. Their…

1 For they said* within themselves, with unsound reasoning, “Our life is short and sorrowful. There is no healing when a man comes to his end, and no one was ever known…

The Wisdom of Solomon is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. 1 Love righteousness, all you who are judges of the earth. Think of the…