Wisdom 1:14

14 For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces ^[a] of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them, and the dominion ^[b] of Hades is not on earth.

Wisdom 1:14 In-Context

12 Do not invite death by the error of your life, or bring on destruction by the works of your hands;

13 because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living.

14 For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them, and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.

15 For righteousness is immortal.

16 But the ungodly by their words and deeds summoned death; considering him a friend, they pined away and made a covenant with him, because they are fit to belong to his company.

Footnotes

• [a] Or [the creatures]
• [b] Or [palace]