Wisdom 13:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ then picks up one of the leftover pieces of wood, one that wasn’t good for anything, a crooked hard piece with broken ends where the branches had been. Having nothing else to do, he takes this piece of wood and starts carving. By a process of trial and error, he’s finally able to give it a human shape, ¹⁴ or he fashions it into something that vaguely resembles some miserable creature. He covers it with red paint, giving it a rosy hue where the creature’s flesh is supposed to be. He covers over every flaw in the wood. ¹⁵ Finally, he makes a perfect little shrine for it and fastens the shrine securely to the wall with a nail