Wisdom 16:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ They were bitten so that they would remember your commands, but they were quickly rescued, in order to keep them from forgetting you completely and depriving themselves of your kindness. ¹² No medicine or ointment cured them. They were restored to health by your word, O Lord, the word which heals all humanity. ¹³ You have power over life and death; you can bring a person to the brink of death and back again.