Wisdom 14:15 Catholic Bible: For a father being afflicted with bitter grief, made to himself the image of his son, who was quickly taken away: and him who then had died as a man, he began now to worship as a god, and appointed him rites and sacrifices among his servants.

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For a father being afflicted with bitter grief, made to himself the image of his son, who was quickly taken away: and him who then had died as a man, he began now to worship as a god, and appointed him rites and sacrifices among his servants.

Wisdom 14:13
For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.

Wisdom 14:14
For by the vanity of men they came into the world: and therefore they shall be found to come shortly to an end.

Wisdom 14:16
Then, in process of time, wicked custom prevailing, this error was kept as a law, and statues were worshipped by the commandment of tyrants.

Wisdom 14:17
And those whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they brought their resemblance from afar, and made an express image of the king, whom they had a mind to honour: that by this their diligence, they might honour as present, him that was absent.

Context

Wisdom 14
…14For by the vanity of men they came into the world: and therefore they shall be found to come shortly to an end. 15For a father being afflicted with bitter grief, made to himself the image of his son, who was quickly taken away: and him who then had died as a man, he began now to worship as a god, and appointed him rites and sacrifices among his servants. 16Then, in process of time, wicked custom prevailing, this error was kept as a law, and statues were worshipped by the commandment of tyrants.…

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(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

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