Wisdom 15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Wisdom of Solomon 15Benefits of Worshiping the True God

1 in mercy.

2For even if we sin we are yours, knowing your power;

but we will not sin because we know that you acknowledge us as yours.

3 the lifeless form of a dead image.

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are those who either make or desire or worship them.

The Foolishness of Worshiping Clay Idols

7 they have life, but the idols never had.

Serpents in the Desert

18 Wis 11.15 Moreover, they worship even the most hateful animals,

which are worse than all others when judged by their lack of intelligence,

19 Gen 3.14; Wis 14.17 and even as animals they are not so beautiful in appearance that one would desire them,

but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing.