Wisdom 17:8-10

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸ For those who promised to drive off the fears and disorders of a sick soul
were sick themselves with ridiculous fear.
⁹ For even if nothing disturbing frightened them,
yet, scared by the passing of wild animals and the hissing of snakes
¹⁰ they perished in trembling fear,
refusing to look even at the air, though it nowhere could be avoided.