2 Esdras 7:23-25

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²³     and proposed to themselves wicked frauds;
they even declared that the Most High does not exist,
    and they ignored his ways.^(A)
24 They scorned his law
    and denied his covenants;
they have been unfaithful to his statutes
    and have not performed his works.^(B)