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For a father, consumed with grief at an untimely bereavement, made an image of his child, who had been suddenly taken from him; and he now honored as a god what was once a dead human being, and handed on to his dependents secret rites and initiations. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 15)
When men could not honor monarchs in their presence, since they lived at a distance, they imagined their appearance far away, and made a visible image of the king whom they honored, so that by their zeal they might flatter the absent one as though present. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 17)
and the multitude, attracted by the charm of his work, now regarded as an object of worship the one whom shortly before they had honored as a man. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 20)
And this became a hidden trap for mankind, because men, in bondage to misfortune or to royal authority, bestowed on objects of stone or wood the name that ought not to be shared. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 21)
With misspent toil, he forms a futile god from the same clay -- this man who was made of earth a short time before and after a little while goes to the earth from which he was taken, when he is required to return the soul that was lent him. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 8)
because he failed to know the one who formed him and inspired him with an active soul and breathed into him a living spirit. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 11)
But he considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 12)
in order that those men, when they desired food, might lose the least remnant of appetite because of the odious creatures sent to them, while thy people, after suffering want a short time, might partake of delicacies. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 3)
but thy sons were not conquered even by the teeth of venomous serpents, for thy mercy came to their help and healed them. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 10)
To remind them of thy oracles they were bitten, and then were quickly delivered, lest they should fall into deep forgetfulness and become unresponsive to thy kindness. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 11)
For neither herb nor poultice cured them, but it was thy word, O Lord, which heals all men. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 12)
For -- most incredible of all -- in the water, which quenches all things, the fire had still greater effect, for the universe defends the righteous. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 17)
