Wisdom 16:23-25

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²³whereas the fire,^[a] in order that the righteous might be fed,
even forgot its native power.

²⁴For creation, serving you who made it,
exerts itself to punish the unrighteous,
and in kindness relaxes on behalf of those who trust in you.
²⁵Therefore at that time also, changed into all forms,
it served your all-nourishing bounty,
according to the desire of those who had need,^[b]

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Wisdom 16:23 Gk this
Wisdom 16:25 Or who made supplication

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