Wisdom 14:21DRA

19For he being willing to please him that employed him, laboured with all his art to make the resemblance in the best manner.

20And the multitude of men, carried away by the beauty of the work, took him now for a god that a little before was but honoured as a man.

21And this was the occasion of deceiving human life: for men serving either their affection, or their kings, gave the incommunicable name to stones and wood.

22And it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but whereas they lived in a great war of ignorance, they call so many and so great evils peace.

23For either they sacrifice their own children, or use hidden sacrifices, or keep watches full of madness,