Wisdom 15:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ The sight of such things arouses the passions of foolish people and makes them desire a dead, lifeless image. ⁶ Anyone who makes such a thing or desires it or worships it is in love with something evil, and gets what he deserves when he places his hopes in it.

The Foolishness of Worshiping Clay Idols

⁷ A potter works the soft clay and carefully shapes each object for our use. Some things he makes are put to good use, and some are not, but he makes them all from the same clay, and shapes them in the same manner. The potter himself decides which objects shall be used for what purposes.