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For blessed is the wood through which a righteous work is accomplished,[a]
    but the idol made with hands is accursed, as is its maker—
    he for having made it, and it because, even though perishable, it was called a god.
Equally hateful to God are the godless man and his ungodliness;

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  1. Wisdom 14:7 Blessed is the wood . . . accomplished: often applied to the cross of Christ.