Wisdom 4:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² When it is present, they imitate it: and they desire it when it hath withdrawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of undefiled conflicts.

³ But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation.

⁴ And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.