Wisdom 4:12

12 Envying what is worthless blinds people to what is good, and the whirlwind of desire undermines an innocent mind.

Wisdom 4:12 In-Context

10 These people please God, are loved by God, and are taken away from living in the midst of sinners.
11 They are snatched away so that evil doesn't pervert their understanding and so that deception doesn't corrupt their souls.
12 Envying what is worthless blinds people to what is good, and the whirlwind of desire undermines an innocent mind.
13 Those who do what's right are quickly perfected and live a long life in a short span of time.
14 They are whisked away from the wickedness that surrounds them because their whole beings are pleasing to the Lord. People around them see this, but they don't understand. It doesn't sink in
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