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for his profit, his concerns and success in his craft he asks help of something that has no skill whatever in its hands. (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 19)
Imagine someone who is about to set sail and cross the raging sea. He calls upon a piece of wood far more fragile than the boat that carries him. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 1)
But it is your providence, Father, that guides it, for you are the one who prepares a path through the sea and a safe way over the waves. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 3)
People are the work of your wisdom and you do not want them to remain idle. So they trust their lives to a small plank of wood and cross the sea safe and sound on a raft. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 5)
Blessed be the wood by which salvation was carried out! (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 7)
They are hateful to God, both the godless and the fruit of his godlessness; (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 9)
Therefore the idols of the nations will also be judged. They have come to be the most abominable among the creatures of God. They are a stumbling block to the spirit of man, and the feet of the foolish are caught in the snare. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 11)
The invention of idols was the origin of licentiousness; when they were invented, life became corrupt. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 12)
Suppose a father, overwhelmed by grief for a child so swiftly taken from him, has an image made of him. From that time on a dead creature will be honored as a god, because the father handed on to his dependents secret rites and celebrations. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 15)
Time will consolidate this unholy practice and eventually it will be observed by law. It has also happened that sculptured images were venerated by order of sovereigns. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 16)
Those who lived far away and were unable to honor them personally had copies made, that they might honor them as if present by means of their image. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 17)
In this way the image became a pitfall for the living, for people bent down, either by misfortune or tyranny, gave to stones and wood the incommunicable Name. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 21)
