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Wisdom 3:1-7
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Wisdom 3:1-7
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But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them.
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In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be an affliction,
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and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace.
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For though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortality.
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Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself;
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like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.
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In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.