Wisdom and Unrighteousness
1 Wisdom found no place where she could live. Then a dwelling place was assigned to her in the heavens.
2 Wisdom went out to make her dwelling among the children of men, and found no dwelling place. Wisdom returned to her place, and took her seat among the angels.
3 And unrighteousness went out from her chambers. She found those she did not seek and lived with them, like rain in a desert and dew on a thirsty land.
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Compare 1 Enoch 42:1 and Jesus Ben Sira, Sirach 24:11
Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses · Deuterocanon
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1 Enoch 42:1
Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses · Ethiopic Book of EnochThen a dwelling place was assigned to her in the heavens. 2 Wisdom went out to make her dwelling among the children of men,
and found no dwelling place.
Wisdom returned to her place,
and took her seat among the angels. 3 And unrighteousness went out from her chambers.
She found those she did not seek and lived with them,
like rain in a desert
and dew on a thirsty land.
Jesus Ben Sira, Sirach 24:11
Deuterocanon · Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticusand will proclaim her glory among her people. 2 She will open her mouth in the congregation of the Most High,
and proclaim her glory in the presence of his power. 3 “I came out of the mouth of the Most High,
and covered the earth like a mist. 4 I lived in high places,
and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud. 5 Alone I circled heaven,
and walked in the depth of the abyss. 6 Among the waves of the sea,
and in all the earth,
and among every people and nation,
I obtained a possession. 7 Among all these I sought rest.
In whose inheritance will I stay? 8 Then the Creator of all things gave me a command.
He who created me settled my tent,
and said, ‘Let your dwelling be in Jacob,
and your inheritance in Israel.’ 9 He created me from the beginning, before the ages.
For all ages, I will not cease to exist. 10 In the holy tabernacle, I served before him.
So I was established in Zion. 11 In the beloved city, likewise he gave me rest.
My domain was in Jerusalem.
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