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Scripture

A Verse for Writers and Other Artists

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Jeffrey Overstreet

25 May 2004
Filed under: Scripture • Quotable • On Books & Writing • Journal Entry
A Verse for Writers and Other Artists
Photo by Brad Neathery / Unsplash

As I plunge headlong through a jam-packed, stress-heavy workday, I am reminded of a Scripture verse I found quoted recently in a devotional: Ecclesiasticus 38:24.

The wisdom of the scribe cometh by his time of leisure and he that is less in action shall receive wisdom.
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