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WisdomEcclesiastes 9:13–18
This passage shares an example the Teacher says he has seen "under the sun". It compares strength, weapons, noise, poverty and wisdom, then shows a sad truth: wisdom can do great good and still be ignored.
WisdomEcclesiastes 10:1–20
Ecclesiastes 10:1-20 strings together wise sayings about folly, speech, work and rule. The passage uses strong pictures to show that a small lack of wisdom can spoil much good and bring trouble into ordinary life.
WisdomEcclesiastes 11:1–6
This wisdom passage encourages action in the middle of uncertainty. It speaks about bread, portions, rain, wind, birth and sowing to show that people do not control outcomes, yet they should still act wisely and generously.
WisdomEcclesiastes 11:7–10
This wisdom passage speaks positively about life and youth, but it also gives a serious warning.
WisdomEcclesiastes 12:1–8
This passage urges young people to remember their Creator now, before the losses and limits of old age and death arrive.
WisdomEcclesiastes 12:9–14
These verses describe the Preacher’s careful work, the effect of wise words, a warning about many books and weary study, and a final conclusion about how people should live before God.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 1:1–17
This song uses rich images to speak about love and attraction. The passage moves between voices that praise, ask, answer and admire.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 2:1–17
Song of Solomon 2:1–17 is a poem of mutual admiration and desire. Its images of flowers, fruit, animals, seasons and vineyards help the speakers express love carefully, beautifully and with strong feeling.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 3:1–5
This poem gives the words of a woman seeking the one she loves, first by night on her bed, then through the city, and finally ending with a careful charge about love.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 3:6–11
This poem invites listeners to look at a royal wedding scene. The words use rich images of fragrance, strength, costly materials and joy, so we should read it as poetry that highlights honour, beauty and celebration.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 4:1–16
This song speaks with rich pictures of beauty, fragrance and desire. It should be read as poetry, not expanded into extra story events.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 5:1–16
Song of Solomon 5:1-16 is a poem of desire, loss, searching and praise. It uses rich images rather than plain description, so it helps to read it as poetry and song, noticing voices, repeated terms, emotions and comparisons.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 6:1–13
This poem speaks in shifting voices that ask, answer and praise. Garden images, city names and bright comparisons express delight and belonging without turning the song into a story beyond what the passage itself says.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 7:1–13
Song of Solomon 7:1-13 is a love poem in which the beloved is praised with rich comparisons drawn from beauty, fruitfulness and delight.
Poetry and prayerSong of Solomon 8:1–14
Song of Solomon 8:1–14 is poetry about love, desire, belonging, and commitment. Its images move from public affection to private closeness, then to strong statements about love’s power, family concerns, and a final invitation.
WisdomWisdom of Solomon 1:1–5
This passage calls people to seek God in a right way. It connects righteousness, honest thinking, trust, and wisdom, and it warns that deceitful and evil thinking pushes a person away from God.
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WisdomWisdom of Solomon 1:6–11
This passage warns that words are never small or hidden from God. It links speech with the heart, showing that blasphemy, murmuring, slander and lying all matter because God truly knows and hears people.
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WisdomWisdom of Solomon 1:12–16
This wisdom passage warns people not to pull destruction towards themselves. It says God did not make death, but created things to exist, while ungodly people welcome what leads away from life.
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WisdomWisdom of Solomon 2:1–9
Wisdom of Solomon 2:1–9 records a speech and labels it “unsound reasoning”. The passage traces how these speakers move from fear of death and forgetting to a life devoted to immediate pleasure.
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WisdomWisdom of Solomon 2:10–20
This passage from the Catholic additional book of Wisdom of Solomon records the words of ungodly people.
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WisdomWisdom of Solomon 2:21–24
These verses give the narrator’s answer to ungodly thinking. They explain that such reasoning is not wise at all, because wickedness blinds people to God’s purpose, to holiness, and to what death means.
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WisdomWisdom of Solomon 3:1–9
This wisdom passage contrasts how death can look to human eyes with how God sees the righteous.
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WisdomWisdom of Solomon 3:10–19
This wisdom passage contrasts the punishment of the ungodly with the honour given to people who remain faithful to the Lord, including people without children.
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WisdomWisdom of Solomon 4:1–6
This passage from the Catholic additional book of Wisdom of Solomon compares two kinds of legacy.
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