Wisdom 10:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ As evidence of their wickedness,
    there still remains a smoldering waste,
    together with plants whose fruit never ripens;
and a pillar of salt stands
    as a memorial of an unbelieving soul.^[a]
8 For by forsaking Wisdom
    they not only lost the ability to recognize what is good,
but also bequeathed to humanity a reminder of their folly
    so that their offenses might never be forgotten.

⁹ But Wisdom rescued from tribulations
    those who served her.