Wisdom 10:4-6

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⁴When the earth was flooded because of him, wisdom again saved it,
steering the righteous man by a paltry piece of wood.

⁵Wisdom^[a] also, when the nations in wicked agreement had been confounded,
recognized the righteous man and preserved him blameless before God,
and kept him strong in the face of his compassion for his child.

⁶Wisdom^[b] rescued a righteous man when the ungodly were perishing;
he escaped the fire that descended on the Five Cities.^[c]

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Wisdom 10:5 Gk She
Wisdom 10:6 Gk She
Wisdom 10:6 Or Pentapolis

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