1 For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves, "Short and sorrowful is our life, and there is no remedy when a man comes to his end, and no one has been known to return from Hades.
2 Because we were born by mere chance, and hereafter we shall be as though we had never been; because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our hearts.
3 When it is extinguished, the body will turn to ashes, and the spirit will dissolve like empty air.
4 Our name will be forgotten in time and no one will remember our works; our life will pass away like the traces of a cloud, and be scattered like mist that is chased by the rays of the sun and overcome by its heat.
5 For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death, because it is sealed up and no one turns back.
6 "Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that exist, and make use of the creation to the full as in youth.
7 Let us take our fill of costly wine and perfumes, and let no flower of spring pass by us.
8 Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
9 Let none of us fail to share in our revelry, everywhere let us leave signs of enjoyment, because this is our portion, and this our lot.
10 Let us oppress the righteous poor man; let us not spare the widow nor regard the gray hairs of the aged.
11 But let our might be our law of right, for what is weak proves itself to be useless.
12 "Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training.
13 He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord.
14 He became to us a reproof of our thoughts;
15 the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange.
16 We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father.
17 Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life;
18 for if the righteous man is God's son, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries.
19 Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance.
20 Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected."
21 Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them,
22 and they did not know the secret purposes of God, nor hope for the wages of holiness, nor discern the prize for blameless souls;
23 for God created man for incorruption, and made him in the image of his own eternity,
24 but through the devil's envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it.
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Wisdom 2 presents a speech of the wicked who deny the existence of God and boast of their evil deeds, mocking the righteous and expecting their lives to be rewarding and free of consequences. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in this chapter:
Proverbs 1:22 - "How long will you, inexperienced, be content with your inexperience? And you, mocking, even when you will be happy to mockery? And you fools, how long will knowledge despise?" This verse speaks of those who mock and despise knowledge, as well as the wicked of wisdom 2.
Job 21:14-15-"They say to God," Ward us away from us! We do not want to know your ways. Who is Almighty, why do we obey? What profit will we have to pick it up? " These verses portray the attitude of the wicked in wisdom 2, who deny the existence of God and reject their ways.
Psalm 10:3-4 - "The wicked, in his arrogance, does not seek God; in all his plots there is no place for God. He considers himself superior to God and mocks Him, but ends up being punished for his own arrogance. " These verses describe the arrogance of the wicked in wisdom 2, who think they are superior to God and do not seek their guidance.
Proverbs 3:34 - "He mocks the mocking, but he is generous with the humble." This verse talks about God's attitude towards arrogant and humble, which is in contrast to the attitude of the wicked in wisdom 2.
Proverbs 10:24 - "What the wicked fear, it comes to them, but the desire of the righteous is fulfilled." This verse talks about the consequences of bad deeds that the wicked in wisdom 2 think they will not have.
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