Wisdom 16:27-29

Common English Bible

²⁷ As proof, what wasn’t destroyed by the fire simply melted away when it was warmed by a gentle sunbeam. ²⁸ In this way we learn that we too must arise before the sun to thank you and pray to you with the dawn of light. ²⁹ The hope of those who don’t thank God, however, will melt away like winter frost and drain away like wastewater.