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But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.
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For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood.
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Moreover when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son.
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She delivered the just man who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis:
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Whose land for a testimony of their wickedness is desolate, and smoketh to this day, and the trees bear fruits that ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an incredulous soul.
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For regarding not wisdom, they did not only slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things, but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly, so that in the things in which they sinned, they could not so much as lie hid.
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But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them that attend upon her.
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She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother's wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours.
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In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable.
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She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all.
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She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit.