Wisdom 14:18-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁸ Even those who did not know the king
    were aroused to promote his worship by the ambition of the artisan
¹⁹ who, perhaps in his eagerness to please his ruler,
    used all his skill to depict him in the most favorable way;
²⁰ and the people, attracted by the beauty of his artistry,
    began to worship as a god someone whom they had previously honored as a man.