Wisdom 14:20-22

New Catholic Bible

²⁰ and the people, attracted by the beauty of his artistry,
    began to worship as a god someone whom they had previously honored as a man.
²¹ Thus, this became a snare for humankind,
    since people, whether victimized by misfortune or by tyranny,
    assigned to objects of stone and wood the name that belongs to no other.
²² Then it was not sufficient for them to have mistaken notions in their knowledge of God;
    for, even though they live in the midst of a great war of ignorance,
    they term such horrible evils peace.