Therefore will they receive the crown of royal dignity And the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand; Because with his right hand will he cover them, And with his arm will he shield them.
⛓ Read Wisdom of Solomon 5 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
The righteous 'will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord.' This deuterocanonical promise of a crown to the steadfast righteous closely matches James's crown of life awarded to those who endure and love God.
Medium confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The righteous receiving 'a glorious crown' and 'beautiful diadem' from the Lord's hand parallels the unfading crown of glory, a Second Temple development of the reward motif.
Low confidence