Wisdom 15:17-19

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷ People are mortal, and what they make with lawless hands is dead;
for they are better than the objects they worship,
since^[a] they have life, but the idols^[b] never had.

¹⁸ Moreover, they worship even the most hateful animals,
which are worse than all others when judged by their lack of intelligence;
¹⁹ and even as animals they are not so beautiful in appearance that one would desire them,
but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing.