Wisdom 17:12

12 Fear betrays our ability to help ourselves by thinking clearly.

Wisdom 17:12 In-Context

10 Trembling, they were dying with fright, shutting their eyes even against the empty air, as if they could thus avoid what was scaring them.

11 Wickedness is cowardly, condemned by its own witness. Distressed by conscience, the wicked person thinks everything is worse than it is.

12 Fear betrays our ability to help ourselves by thinking clearly.

13 Expecting the worst, people prefer to remain ignorant of the cause of their torment.

14 The night itself was powerless, rising up from the darkest corners of a hell that didn't really exist. As they slept the same sleep,