Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Idols have not always existed, nor will they exist forever. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever. Wisdom 14:11Therefore there shall be no respect had even to the idols of the Gentiles: because the creatures of God are turned to an abomination, and a temptation to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise. Wisdom 14:12 For the beginning of fornication is the devising of idols: and the invention of them is the corruption of life. 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 14:15 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. Context Wisdom 14…12For the beginning of fornication is the devising of idols: and the invention of them is the corruption of life. 13For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever. 14For by the vanity of men they came into the world: and therefore they shall be found to come shortly to an end.… Cross References Wisdom 14:11 Therefore there shall be no respect had even to the idols of the Gentiles: because the creatures of God are turned to an abomination, and a temptation to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise. Wisdom 14:12 For the beginning of fornication is the devising of idols: and the invention of them is the corruption of life. 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 14:15 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. |