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wiring diagram
Wiry
Wis
Wisard
WISC
Wisconsin
Wisconsin River
Wisconsin weeping willow
Wisconsinite
Wisdom
wisdom book
-- Wisdom literature --
Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach
Wisdom of Solomon
wisdom tooth
Wise
wise guy
Wise in years
wise man
Wise Men
wise to
wise up
Wise-hearted
Wise-like
Wiseacre
wisecrack
Wiseling
Wisely
Wisdom literature
Wis´dom lit´er`a`ture
1.
The
class
of
ancient
Hebrew
writings
which
deal
reflectively
with
general
ethical
and
religious
topics
,
as
distinguished
from
the
prophetic
and
liturgical
literature
,
and
from
the
law
.
It
is
comprised
chiefly
in
the
books
of
Job
,
Proverbs
,
Ecclesiasticus
,
Ecclesiastes
,
and
Wisdom
of
Solomon
.
The
"
wisdom
" (
Hokhmah
)
of
these
writings
consists
in
detached
sage
utterances
on
concrete
issues
of
life
,
without
the
effort
at
philosophical
system
that
appeared
in
the
later
Hellenistic
reflective
writing
beginning
with
Philo
Judæus.
Noun
1.
wisdom literature
-
any
of
the
biblical
books
(
Proverbs
,
Ecclesiastes
,
Song
of
Songs
,
Wisdom
of
Solomon
,
Ecclesiasticus
)
that
are
considered
to
contain
widom
Synonyms:
sapiential book
,
wisdom book
Ben
Sira
,
Book
of
Ecclesiastes
,
Book
of
Proverbs
,
Canticle
of
Canticles
,
Canticles
,
Ecclesiastes
,
Ecclesiasticus
,
Proverbs
,
religious
text
,
religious
writing
,
sacred
text
,
sacred
writing
,
sapiential
book
,
Sirach
,
Song
of
Solomon
,
Song
of
Songs
,
Wisdom
,
wisdom
book
,
Wisdom
of
Jesus
the
Son
of
Sirach
,
Wisdom
of
Solomon
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