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Wisdom 15:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For a man made them, and one whose own spirit is borrowed molded them; for no one has power as a man to mold a god like himself. "
Wisdom 15:16
Verse in Context
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14 But most foolish and more miserable than a baby, are the enemies of your people, who oppressed them;
15 because they even considered all the idols of the nations to be gods, which have neither the use of eyes for seeing, nor nostrils for drawing breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers for handling, and their feet are helpless for walking.
16 For a man made them, and one whose own spirit is borrowed molded them; for no one has power as a man to mold a god like himself.
17 But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; for he is better than the objects of his worship, since he indeed had life, but they never did.
18 Yes, and they worship the creatures that are most hateful, for, being compared as to lack of sense, these are worse than all others;
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Wisdom 15:1
"But you, our God, are gracious and true, patient, and in mercy ordering all things."
Wisdom 15:2
"For even if we sin, we are yours, knowing your dominion; but we will not sin, knowing that we have been accounted yours."
Wisdom 15:3
"For to be acquainted with you is perfect righteousness, and to know your dominion is the root of immortality."
Wisdom 15:4
"For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s, nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor, a form stained with varied colors,"
Wisdom 15:5
"the sight of which leads fools into lust. Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image."
Wisdom 15:6
"Lovers of evil things, and worthy of such hopes, are those who make, desire, and worship them."
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