Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But for the foolish devices of their iniquity, because some being deceived worshipped dumb serpents and worthless beasts, thou didst send upon them a multitude of dumb beasts for vengeance: Wisdom 11:14For when they heard that by their punishments the others were benefited, they remembered the Lord, wondering at the end of what was come to pass. Wisdom 11:15 For whom they scorned before, when he was thrown out at the time of his being wickedly exposed to perish, him they admired in the end, when they saw the event: their thirsting being unlike to that of the just. Wisdom 11:17 That they might know that by what things a man sinneth, by the same also he is tormented. Wisdom 11:18 For thy almighty hand, which made the world of matter without form, was not unable to send upon them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions, Context Wisdom 11…15For whom they scorned before, when he was thrown out at the time of his being wickedly exposed to perish, him they admired in the end, when they saw the event: their thirsting being unlike to that of the just. 16But for the foolish devices of their iniquity, because some being deceived worshipped dumb serpents and worthless beasts, thou didst send upon them a multitude of dumb beasts for vengeance: 17That they might know that by what things a man sinneth, by the same also he is tormented.… Cross References Wisdom 11:14 For when they heard that by their punishments the others were benefited, they remembered the Lord, wondering at the end of what was come to pass. Wisdom 11:15 For whom they scorned before, when he was thrown out at the time of his being wickedly exposed to perish, him they admired in the end, when they saw the event: their thirsting being unlike to that of the just. Wisdom 11:17 That they might know that by what things a man sinneth, by the same also he is tormented. Wisdom 11:18 For thy almighty hand, which made the world of matter without form, was not unable to send upon them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions, |
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