Wisdom 11:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.

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You spare all things because all things are yours, ruler and lover of life.

For how could anything endure, except by your will? Or what, having been called by you not to exist, would be preserved?

And how could any thing endure, if thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if not called by thee.

You have allowed it all to exist, O Lord, because it is yours, and you love every living thing.

But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Sovereign Lord, you who love the living.

All living creatures belong to you, and you love them all,