Wisdom 6:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

To you then, O monarchs, my words are directed, so that you may learn wisdom and not transgress.

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Yes, I’m speaking to you who rule with unbridled might so that you may learn wisdom and avoid going astray.

But a powerful torture pursues the powerful.

But a greater punishment is ready for the more mighty.

It is for you, mighty kings, that I write these words, so that you may know how to act wisely and avoid mistakes.

Therefore, my words are to you, O princes, that you may learn wisdom and not fall away.

I am speaking to you rulers, so that you will have wisdom and not sin against God.