Wisdom 13:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ And maketh a convenient dwelling place for it, and setting it in a wall, and fastening it with iron,

¹⁶ Providing for it, lest it should fall, knowing that it is unable to help itself: for it is an image, and hath need of help.

¹⁷ And then maketh prayer to it, inquiring concerning his substance, and his children, or his marriage. And he is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life: