Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Creation assumed all kinds of forms to show how you provide generously for all who pray to you. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore even then it was transformed into all things, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all, according to the will of them that desired it of thee: Wisdom 16:23But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength. Wisdom 16:24 For the creature serving thee, the Creator, is made fierce against the unjust for their punishment: and abateth its strength for the benefit of them that trust in thee. Wisdom 16:26 That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovedst, might know that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth men, but thy word preserveth them that believe in thee. Wisdom 16:27 For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away: Context Wisdom 16…24For the creature serving thee, the Creator, is made fierce against the unjust for their punishment: and abateth its strength for the benefit of them that trust in thee. 25Therefore even then it was transformed into all things, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all, according to the will of them that desired it of thee: 26That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovedst, might know that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth men, but thy word preserveth them that believe in thee.… Cross References Wisdom 16:23 But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength. Wisdom 16:24 For the creature serving thee, the Creator, is made fierce against the unjust for their punishment: and abateth its strength for the benefit of them that trust in thee. Wisdom 16:26 That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovedst, might know that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth men, but thy word preserveth them that believe in thee. Wisdom 16:27 For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away: |