OLD TESTAMENT

Wisdom 5:1

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Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness before the face of those who afflicted him, and those who make his labors of no account.

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Verse 1. Then. At the day of judgment. The just and the reprobate know each other’s condition. Lu. 16:20.—Labours. Defrauding them of their wages, (Leviticus 19:13) or plundering them. Septuagint “despised, ( Calmet.) or frustrated his labours.” Bible.—Worldlings deride those who strive to obtain the goods of eternity, ( Calmet.) and think they labour in vain. Worthington.

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