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Wisdom 17:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 17:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 and, convulsed with terror, they perished,
even refusing to look upon the air whose presence cannot be avoided.
11 For wickedness is a cowardly trait that is condemned by its own testimony,
and when confronted by conscience,[a] it tends to magnify difficulties.
12 For fear is nothing but the rejection of the aids that are provided by reason;
Footnotes
- Wisdom 17:11 Conscience: a technical term in Stoicism that manifests the Hellenistic culture of the author.