Wisdom 1:14-16

Common English Bible

¹⁴ God created everything so that it might exist. The creative forces at work in the cosmos are life-giving. There is no destructive poison in them. The underworld^[a] doesn’t rule on earth. ¹⁵ Doing what is right means living forever.

The deluded reasoning of unrighteous people

¹⁶ In spite of this, the ungodly called out to death by what they did and said. Thinking that death was their friend, they lost their resolve and made a treaty with death. Let them have each other: death and the ungodly belong together!