| DB1 | | Results of idolatry. Wis.14.22-31 | KNSB Contents | notes| 14 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 22 | Afterward it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but they live in great strife due to ignorance, and they call such great evils peace. | Results of idolatry. Wis.14.22-31 | |
| 23 | For whether they kill children in their initiations, or celebrate secret mysteries, or hold frenzied revels with strange customs, | ||
| 24 | they no longer keep either their lives or their marriages pure, but they either treacherously kill one another, or grieve one another by adultery, | ||
| 25 | and all is a raging riot of blood and murder, theft and deceit, corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury, | ||
| 26 | confusion over what is good, forgetfulness of favours, pollution of souls, sex perversion, disorder in marriage, adultery, and debauchery. | ||
| 27 | For the worship of idols not to be named is the beginning and cause and end of every evil. | ||
| 28 | For their worshippers either rave in exultation, or prophesy lies, or live unrighteously, or readily commit perjury; | ||
| 29 | for because they trust in lifeless idols they swear wicked oaths and expect to suffer no harm. | ||
| 30 | But just penalties will overtake them on two counts: because they thought wickedly of God in devoting themselves to idols, and because in deceit they swore unrighteously through contempt for holiness. | ||
| 31 | For it is not the power of the things by which men swear, but the just penalty for those who sin, that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous. | ||