Love uprightness you who are rulers on earth, be properly disposed towards the Lord and seek him in simplicity of heart;for he will be found by those who do not put him to the test, revealing himself to those who do not mistrust him.Perverse thoughts, however, separate people from God, and power, when put to the test, confounds the stupid. Wisdom will never enter the soul of a wrong-doer, nor dwell in a body enslaved to sin; for the holy spirit of instruction flees deceitfulness, recoils from unintelligent thoughts, is thwarted by the onset of vice.
