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Wisdom 15:5-7
Revised Standard Version
Wisdom 15:5-7
Revised Standard Version
5 whose appearance arouses yearning in fools,
so that they desire[a] the lifeless form of a dead image.
6 Lovers of evil things and fit for such objects of hope[b]
are those who either make or desire or worship them.
The Foolishness of Worshiping Clay Idols
7 For when a potter kneads the soft earth
and laboriously molds each vessel for our service,
he fashions out of the same clay
both the vessels that serve clean uses
and those for contrary uses, making all in like manner;
but which shall be the use of each of these
the worker in clay decides.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 15:5 Gk and he desires
- Wisdom 15:6 Gk such hopes
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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