Wisdom 15:4LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 4 of 19
"For the invention of mischievous men hath not deceived us, nor the shadow of a picture, a fruitless labour, a graven figure with divers colours,"
In context
2For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy greatness: and if we sin not, we know that we are counted with thee.
3For to know thee is perfect justice: and to know thy justice, and thy power, is the root of immortality.
4For the invention of mischievous men hath not deceived us, nor the shadow of a picture, a fruitless labour, a graven figure with divers colours,
5The sight whereof enticeth the fool to lust after it, and he loveth the lifeless figure of a dead image.
6The lovers of evil things deserve to have no better things to trust in, both they that make them, and they that love them, and they that worship them.