Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The Wisdom of Solomon

6 passagesc. 1st century BCEHebrew / Aramaic / GreekCC-BY

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Individual passages from The Wisdom of Solomon, indexed for close reading, source verification, and myth source-checking.

We Were Born in Mishap and Shall Be as Nothing

The Wisdom of Solomon

The Book of Wisdom, one of the fascinating texts in the Apocrypha (writings related to the Bible but not included in the Jewish or Protestant canons), grapples with these very ques...

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Royal Wisdom

The Wisdom of Solomon 1:1

The Wisdom of Solomon, an apocryphal Jewish work from the Hellenistic period, doesn't ease its readers in gently. It opens with a direct, almost thundering address: "O judges of th...

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God Reveals Himself to Those Who Trust and Seek

The Wisdom of Solomon 1:6

Like your thoughts aren't just floating around in your head, but somehow. accountable? The Book of Wisdom, a powerful Jewish text from the Second Temple period preserved in the Sep...

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The Honor of God's Name Demands to Be Fulfilled

The Wisdom of Solomon 1:11

Think again. The Wisdom of Solomon, a powerful text, reminds us that nothing escapes the notice of the Divine. It's a profound and, frankly, a little unsettling thought. "For the H...

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Do Not Seek Death With the Twistedness of Your Ways

The Wisdom of Solomon 1:16

The book opens with a stark warning: "Do not seek death with the twistedness of your ways, and do not bring about annihilation with the action of your hands." It's a powerful conde...

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Wisdom Personified

The Wisdom of Solomon 2:1

The Wisdom of Solomon, a book from the Apocrypha, speaks directly to this. It gives voice to those who whisper doubts in their hearts, those who let cynicism color their words. It'...

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