Wisdom 14:6-8

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing,
the hope of the world took refuge on a raft,
and guided by thy hand left to the world the seed of a new generation.
⁷For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes.

⁸But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is he who made it;
because he did the work, and the perishable thing was named a god.

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