Wisdom 13:14-16

Common English Bible

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 ¹⁶ so that it doesn’t fall down. He knows full well that it can’t do anything for itself. After all, it’s only an image, and it requires help.