Wisdom 13:15-17

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁵ then he makes a suitable niche for it,
and sets it in the wall, and fastens it there with iron.
¹⁶ He takes thought for it, so that it may not fall,
because he knows that it cannot help itself,
for it is only an image and has need of help.
¹⁷ When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children,
he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing.