CHAPTER 1
Solomon urges them to love righteousness. Wisdom is found by
those who do not put it to the test, and shows herself to those who
do not mistrust her. He says that perverse thoughts separate
people from God, and when his power is tested it convicts the
foolish. Wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul.
Farther down he says, "The spirit of the Lord has filled the
world. And that which holds all things together knows what is
said. Therefore no one who utters unrighteous things will escape
unnoticed . There is no secret word that does not have a result.
And he says also in verse 11, "A lying mouth destroys the soul."
Some people have misunderstood this as if the soul were not
immortal. No, it refers to spiritually ruining the soul. Farther
on in 16, "Ungodly men by their words and deeds brought on death,
because God did not make anything naturally deadly.Everything is
good in itself but evil men brought it on. Is he see thinking of
original sin? The Jews in general in the Old Testament do not seem
to speak of original sin.
CHAPTER 2
He says, They reason unsoundly: "This life is short and
sorrowful. There is no remedy when a man comes to his end. Nobody
has ever been known to come back from the netherworld". It is true
that they never saw anyone come out of his grave and resume his
place in everyday life. So the wicked men then took the attitude -
eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; they used the good
things of creation to the full.