Wis 13:18
For health he calleth upon that which is weak: for life
prayeth to that which is dead; for aid humbly beseecheth that
which hath least means to help: and for a good journey he asketh
of that which cannot set a foot forward:

Wis 13:19
And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his
hands, asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do
any thing.

Wis 14:1
Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass
through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more
rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.

Wis 14:2
For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built
it by his skill.

Wis 14:3
But thy providence, O Father, governeth it: for thou hast
made a way in the sea, and a safe path in the waves;

Wis 14:4
Shewing that thou canst save from all danger: yea, though a
man went to sea without art.

Wis 14:5
Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom
should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a
small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel
are saved.

Wis 14:6
For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the
hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel,
and left to all ages a seed of generation.

Wis 14:7
For blessed is the wood whereby righteousness cometh.

Wis 14:8
But that which is made with hands is cursed, as well it, as
he that made it: he, because he made it; and it, because, being
corruptible, it was called god.

Wis 14:9
For the ungodly and his ungodliness are both alike hateful
unto God.

Wis 14:10
For that which is made shall be punished together with him
that made it.

Wis 14:11
Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be
a visitation: because in the creature of God they are become an
abomination, and stumblingblocks to the souls of men, and a
snare to the feet of the unwise.

Wis 14:12
For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual
fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.

Wis 14:13
For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they
be for ever.

Wis 14:14
For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and
therefore shall they come shortly to an end.

Wis 14:15
For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath
made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as
a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that
were under him ceremonies an