Wisdom 17:11

11 For wickedness is a cowardly thing, condemned by its own testimony; distressed by conscience, it has always exaggerated the difficulties.

Wisdom 17:11 In-Context

9 For even if nothing disturbing frightened them, yet, scared by the passing of wild animals and the hissing of snakes

10 they perished in trembling fear, refusing to look even at the air, though it nowhere could be avoided.

11 For wickedness is a cowardly thing, condemned by its own testimony; distressed by conscience, it has always exaggerated the difficulties.

12 For fear is nothing but a giving up of the helps that come from reason;

13 and hope, defeated by this inward weakness, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.

Footnotes

• [a]. Meaning of Gk uncertain
• [b]. Other ancient authorities read [anticipated]