Wisdom of Solomon 15:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁴ For neither has the evil intent of human art misled us,
nor the fruitless toil of painters,
a figure stained with varied colors,^(A)
5 whose appearance arouses yearning in fools,
so that they desire^[a] the lifeless form of a dead image.^(B)
6 Lovers of evil things and fit for such objects of hope^[b]
are those who either make or desire or worship them.^(C)