4 because wisdom will not enter into a soul that devises evil, nor dwell in a body that is enslaved by sin. (WEB) 5 For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and will depart from thoughts that are without understanding, and will be ashamed when unrighteousness has come in. (WEB) 6 For wisdom is a spirit who loves man, and she will not hold a blasphemer guiltless for his lips, because God is witness of his inmost self, and is a true overseer of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 1:4–6
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