Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Before the roses wither, let's pick them and wear them in our hair! New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot. Wisdom 2:6Come, therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth. Wisdom 2:7 Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us. Wisdom 2:9 Let none of us go without his part in luxury: let us every where leave tokens of joy: for this is our portion, and this our lot. Wisdom 2:10 Let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow, nor honour the ancient grey hairs of the aged. Context Wisdom 2…7Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us. 8Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot. 9Let none of us go without his part in luxury: let us every where leave tokens of joy: for this is our portion, and this our lot.… Cross References Wisdom 2:6 Come, therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth. Wisdom 2:7 Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us. Wisdom 2:9 Let none of us go without his part in luxury: let us every where leave tokens of joy: for this is our portion, and this our lot. Wisdom 2:10 Let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow, nor honour the ancient grey hairs of the aged. |
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