Wisdom of Solomon 12:22
“This is what is written in the psalm: Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy will surround those who hope in the Lord (Ps. 32:10). For there is a great difference between the judgment of the elect and that of the depraved, because the Lord corrects the former to cleanse them from sins and restrain them from vi…”
22Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
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20For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the condemned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place, whereby they might be delivered from their malice:
21With how great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, unto whose fathers thou hast sworn, and made covenants of good promises?
— Wisdom of Solomon 12:22 —
23Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.
24For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.