Wisdom 13:16

16 (for he provided for it that it might not fall, knowing that it was unable to help itself, for it is an image and hath need of help)--

Wisdom 13:16 In-Context

14 or made it like some vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, and with paint coloring it red and covering every spot therein;
15 and, when he had made a convenient room for it, set it in a wall and made it fast with iron
16 (for he provided for it that it might not fall, knowing that it was unable to help itself, for it is an image and hath need of help)--
17 then maketh he prayer for his goods, for his wife and children, and is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life.
18 For health, he calleth upon that which is weak; for life, prayeth to that which is dead; for aid, humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help; and for a good journey, he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward;
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