Wisdom 15:17-19

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Being a human, a person can construct only a dead thing with lawless hands. These people are better than the things that they worship, for they have life and the things that they worship do not.

¹⁸ On top of it all, the enemies of your people worship the most hateful animals, things that are less intelligent than any other creatures. ¹⁹ Even as animals, there’s nothing appealing or beautiful about them. They have neither the praise nor the blessing of God.