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Wisdom 10:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 10:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 She aided him against the greed of his oppressors
and made him a wealthy man.
12 She protected him from his enemies
and saved him from ambushers.
In his arduous struggle she brought him victory
so that he might realize that piety[a] is more powerful than anything else.
13 When the righteous man[b] was sold, Wisdom did not desert him,
but she delivered him from sin.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 10:12 Piety: i.e., “fear of the Lord” (see Prov 1:7). In Jacob’s spiritual struggle with God, it was Wisdom that aided him to realize that the only help for human beings is in fear of the Lord.
- Wisdom 10:13 Righteous man: i.e., Joseph (see Gen 37ff).