Wis 6:1 
Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be 
judges of the ends of the earth. 
 
Wis 6:2 
Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude 
of nations. 
 
Wis 6:3 
For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the 
Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels. 
 
Wis 6:4 
Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged 
aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God; 
 
Wis 6:5 
Horribly and speedily shall he come upon you: for a sharp 
judgment shall be to them that be in high places. 
 
Wis 6:6 
For mercy will soon pardon the meanest: but mighty men shall 
be mightily tormented. 
 
Wis 6:7 
For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man's person, 
neither shall he stand in awe of any man's greatness: for he 
hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike. 
 
Wis 6:8 
But a sore trial shall come upon the mighty. 
 
Wis 6:9 
Unto you therefore, O kings, do I speak, that ye may learn 
wisdom, and not fall away. 
 
Wis 6:10 
For they that keep holiness holily shall be judged holy: and 
they that have learned such things shall find what to answer. 
 
Wis 6:11 
Wherefore set your affection upon my words; desire them, and 
ye shall be instructed. 
 
Wis 6:12 
Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away: yea, she is easily 
seen of them that love her, and found of such as seek her. 
 
Wis 6:13 
She preventeth them that desire her, in making herself first 
known unto them. 
 
Wis 6:14 
Whoso seeketh her early shall have no great travail: for he 
shall find her sitting at his doors. 
 
Wis 6:15 
To think therefore upon her is perfection of wisdom: and 
whoso watcheth for her shall quickly be without care. 
 
Wis 6:16 
For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, 
sheweth herself favourably unto them in the ways, and meeteth 
them in every thought. 
 
Wis 6:17 
For the very true beginning of her is the desire of 
discipline; and the care of discipline is love; 
 
Wis 6:18 
And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto 
her laws is the assurance of incorruption; 
 
Wis 6:19 
And incorruption maketh us near unto God: 
 
Wis 6:20 
Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom. 
 
Wis 6:21 
If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings 
of the people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore. 
 
Wis 6:22 
As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell 
you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out 
from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of 
her into light, and will not pass over the truth. 
 
Wis 6:23 
Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall 
have no fellowship with wisdom. 
 
Wis 6:24 
But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: 
and a wise king is the upholding of the people. 
 
Wis 6:25 
Receive therefore instruction through my words, and it shall 
do you good.