Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Moreover, they worship also the vilest creatures: but things without sense, compared to these, are worse than they. Wisdom 15:16For man made them: and he that borroweth his own breath, fashioned them. For no man can make a god like to himself. Wisdom 15:17 For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never. Wisdom 15:19 Yea, neither by sight can any man see good of these beasts. But they have fled from the praise of God, and from his blessing. Wisdom 16:1 For these things, and by the like things to these, they were worthily punished, and were destroyed by a multitude of beasts. Context Wisdom 15…17For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never. 18Moreover, they worship also the vilest creatures: but things without sense, compared to these, are worse than they. 19Yea, neither by sight can any man see good of these beasts. But they have fled from the praise of God, and from his blessing.… Cross References Wisdom 15:16 For man made them: and he that borroweth his own breath, fashioned them. For no man can make a god like to himself. Wisdom 15:17 For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never. Wisdom 15:19 Yea, neither by sight can any man see good of these beasts. But they have fled from the praise of God, and from his blessing. Wisdom 16:1 For these things, and by the like things to these, they were worthily punished, and were destroyed by a multitude of beasts. |
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