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Wisdom 4:6-11 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

6. On Judgement Day children born of a forbidden union will testify to the sin of their parents and act as witnesses against them.

7. Righteous people, however, will find rest, even if they die young.

8. We honour old age, but not just because a person has lived a long time.

9. Wisdom and righteousness are signs of the maturity that should come with old age.

10. Once there was a man named Enoch who pleased God, and God loved him. While Enoch was still living among sinners, God took him away,

11. so that evil and falsehood could not corrupt his mind and soul.

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