Wisdom 16:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man's will, it was turned to what every man liked.

²² But snow and ice endured the force of fire, and melted not: that they might know that fire burning in the hail and flashing in the rain destroyed the fruits of the enemies.

²³ But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength.