Wisdom of Solomon 14:23
“For they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of the image of corruptible man, and of birds and quadrupeds and serpents, and they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever; although they called themselves wise, they became fool…”
23For whilst they slew their children in sacrifices, or used secret ceremonies, or made revellings of strange rites;
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21And this was an occasion to deceive the world: for men, serving either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable name.
22Moreover this was not enough for them, that they erred in the knowledge of God; but whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.
— Wisdom of Solomon 14:23 —
24They kept neither lives nor marriages any longer undefiled: but either one slew another traiterously, or grieved him by adultery.
25So that there reigned in all men without exception blood, manslaughter, theft, and dissimulation, corruption, unfaithfulness, tumults, perjury,