Wisdom of Solomon 14:27
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27 For the worship of idols not to be named
is the beginning and cause and end of every evil.(A)
Deuteronomy 31:16
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16 The Lord said to Moses, “Soon you will lie down with your ancestors. Then this people will begin to prostitute themselves to the foreign gods in their midst, the gods of the land into which they are going; they will forsake me, breaking my covenant that I have made with them.(A)
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Wisdom of Solomon 15:4
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4 For neither has the evil intent of human art misled us,
nor the fruitless toil of painters,
a figure stained with varied colors,(A)
Wisdom of Solomon 15:5
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5 whose appearance arouses yearning in fools,
so that they desire[a] the lifeless form of a dead image.(A)
Footnotes
- 15.5 Gk and he desires
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