Wisdom of Solomon 13:14-19
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14 Or made it like some vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, and with paint colouring it red, and covering every spot therein;
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15 And when he had made a convenient room for it, set it in a wall, and made it fast with iron:
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16 For he provided for it that it might not fall, knowing that it was unable to help itself; for it is an image, and hath need of help:
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17 Then maketh he prayer for his goods, for his wife and children, and is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life.
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18 For health he calleth upon that which is weak: for life prayeth to that which is dead; for aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help: and for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward:
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19 And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do any thing.