Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It was human pride that brought them into the world, and that is why a quick end has been planned for them. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For by the vanity of men they came into the world: and therefore they shall be found to come shortly to an end. Wisdom 14:12For the beginning of fornication is the devising of idols: and the invention of them is the corruption of life. Wisdom 14:13 For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever. 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. 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. Context Wisdom 14…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. 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.… Cross References Wisdom 14:12 For the beginning of fornication is the devising of idols: and the invention of them is the corruption of life. Wisdom 14:13 For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever. 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. 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. |