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1:1  Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord in goodness and seek him with sincerity of heart;
1:2  because he is found by those who do not put him to the test, and manifests himself to those who do not distrust him.
1:3  For perverse thoughts separate people from God, and when his power is tested, it exposes the foolish;
1:4  because wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul, or dwell in a body enslaved to sin.
1:5  For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit, and will leave foolish thoughts behind, and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness.
1:6  For wisdom is a kindly spirit, but will not free blasphemers from the guilt of their words; because God is witness of their inmost feelings, and a true observer of their hearts, and a hearer of their tongues.
1:7  Because the spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and that which holds all things together knows what is said,
1:8  therefore those who utter unrighteous things will not escape notice, and justice, when it punishes, will not pass them by.
1:9  For inquiry will be made into the counsels of the ungodly, and a report of their words will come to the Lord, to convict them of their lawless deeds;
1:10  because a jealous ear hears all things, and the sound of grumbling does not go unheard.
1:11  Beware then of useless grumbling, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret word is without result, and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
1:12  Do not invite death by the error of your life, or bring on destruction by the works of your hands;
1:13  because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living.
1:14  For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them, and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.
1:15  For righteousness is immortal.
1:16  But the ungodly by their words and deeds summoned death; considering him a friend, they pined away and made a covenant with him, because they are fit to belong to his company.