Wisdom 1:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ For he created all things so that they might exist;
the generative forces^[a] of the world are wholesome,
and there is no destructive poison in them,
and the dominion^[b] of Hades is not on earth.
¹⁵ For righteousness is immortal.

¹⁶ But the ungodly by their words and deeds summoned death;^[c]
considering him a friend, they pined away
and made a covenant with him,
because they are fit to belong to his company.