Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The food that was not destroyed by the fire melted when the first ray of sunlight warmed it. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away: Wisdom 16:25Therefore 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: 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 16:28 That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light. Wisdom 16:29 For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter's ice, and shall run off as unprofitable water. Context Wisdom 16…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. 27For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away: 28That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light.… Cross References Wisdom 16:25 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 16:26 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 16:28 That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light. Wisdom 16:29 For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter's ice, and shall run off as unprofitable water. |