In the Narrow Canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Wisdom of Solomon is an unquestionably canonical book, listed among the five 'Books of Solomon', alongside Proverbs (divided into Messale and Täagsas), Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. In the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, it is considered deuterocanonical, while in Protestantism it is classified as apocryphal.
Wisdom of Solomon
Chapter 1 — Exhortation to Uprightness
Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth; think of the Lord in goodness and seek him with sincerity of heart,
because he is found by those who do not put him to the test and manifests himself to those who do not distrust him.
For perverse thoughts separate people from God, and when his power is tested, it exposes the foolish,
because wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul or dwell in a body enslaved to sin.
For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit and will leave foolish thoughts behind and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness.
For wisdom is a kindly spirit, but it will not free blasphemers from the guilt of their words, because God is witness of their inmost feelings and a true observer of their hearts and a hearer of their tongues.
Because the spirit of the Lord has filled the world and that which holds all things together knows what is said,
therefore those who utter unrighteous things will not escape notice, and justice, when it punishes, will not pass them by.
For inquiry will be made into the counsels of the ungodly, and a report of their words will come to the Lord, to convict them of their lawless deeds,
because a jealous ear hears all things, and the sound of grumbling does not go unheard.
Beware, then, of useless grumbling, and keep your tongue from slander, because no secret word is without result, and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
Do not court death by the error of your life or bring on destruction by the works of your hands,
because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the destruction of the living.
For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them, and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.
For righteousness is immortal.
But the ungodly by their words and deeds summoned death; considering him a friend, they pined away and made a covenant with him, because they are fit to belong to his company.