Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The worship of idols, whose names should never be spoken, is the beginning and the end, the cause and the result of every evil. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the worship of abominable idols is the cause, and the beginning and end of all evil. Wisdom 14:25And all things are mingled together, blood, murder, theft, and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good, Wisdom 14:26 Forgetfulness of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleanness. Wisdom 14:28 For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves. Wisdom 14:29 For whilst they trust in idols, which are without life, though they swear amiss, they look not to be hurt. Context Wisdom 14…26Forgetfulness of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleanness. 27For the worship of abominable idols is the cause, and the beginning and end of all evil. 28For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves.… Cross References Wisdom 14:25 And all things are mingled together, blood, murder, theft, and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good, Wisdom 14:26 Forgetfulness of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleanness. Wisdom 14:28 For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves. Wisdom 14:29 For whilst they trust in idols, which are without life, though they swear amiss, they look not to be hurt. |