Wisdom 1:13-16

Good News Translation

^13 (A)God did not invent death, and when living creatures die, it gives him no pleasure. ¹⁴ He created everything so that it might continue to exist, and everything he created is wholesome and good. There is no deadly poison in them. No, death does not rule this world, ¹⁵ for God's justice does not die.

^16 (B)Ungodly people have brought death on themselves by the things they have said and done. They yearn for death as if it were a lover. They have gone into partnership with death, and it is just what they deserve.