Holy Scripture
Wisdom of Solomon 16:14
A church father on this verse
“Man, through malice and wickedness, that is, by his own will and the effect of wrongful action, kills the soul. Therefore someone has said: no one can be harmed except by himself, because he is either the originator of his own crime or consents to the crimes of others. For if a man guards his mind and does not consent…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14A man indeed killeth through his malice: And the spirit, when it is gone forth, returneth not; Neither the soul received up cometh again.
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In context
12For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaster, that restored them to health: But thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
13For thou hast power of life and death: Thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.
— Wisdom of Solomon 16:14 —
15But it is not possible to escape thy hand.
16For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, Were scourged by the strength of thine arm: With strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, And through fire were they consumed.