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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)

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'Wisdom 14:27' not found for the version: New International Version.

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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16 And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors,(A) and these people will soon prostitute(B) themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake(C) me and break the covenant I made with them.

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For neither has the evil intent of human art misled us,
nor the fruitless toil of painters,
a figure stained with varied colors,(A)

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'Wisdom 15:4' not found for the version: New International Version.

whose appearance arouses yearning in fools,
so that they desire[a] the lifeless form of a dead image.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 15.5 Gk and he desires
'Wisdom 15:5' not found for the version: New International Version.