Wisdom 1:10-16

10 God will tolerate no challenge, and since he hears everything, you cannot hide your complaining from him.

11 So be sure that you do not go around complaining - it does no good - and don't engage in bitter talk. The most secret things you say will have their consequences, and lying will destroy your soul.

12 Do not bring on your own death by sinful actions.

13 God did not invent death, and when living creatures die, it gives him no pleasure. ¹

14 He created everything so that it might continue to exist, and everything he created is wholesome and good. There is no deadly poison in them. No, death does not rule this world,

15 for God's justice does not die.

16 Ungodly people have brought death on themselves by the things they have said and done. They yearn for death as if it were a lover. They have gone into partnership with death, and it is just what they deserve. ²

Cross References

• 1. 1.13Ezekiel 18.32; 33.11;2 Esdras 3.7; 2 P 3.9.
• 2. 1.16Proverbs 8.36;Isaiah 28.15;Ben Sira 14.12.