Wisdom 17:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ and, convulsed with terror, they perished,
    even refusing to look upon the air whose presence cannot be avoided.
¹¹ For wickedness is a cowardly trait that is condemned by its own testimony,
    and when confronted by conscience,^[a] it tends to magnify difficulties.
¹² For fear is nothing but the rejection of the aids that are provided by reason;