Wisdom 15:1

1 But Thou, O God, art gracious and true, long-suffering, and in mercy ordering all things.

Wisdom 15:1 In-Context

1 But Thou, O God, art gracious and true, long-suffering, and in mercy ordering all things.

2 For if we sin we are Thine, knowing Thy power; but we will not sin, knowing that we are accounted Thine.

3 For to know Thee is perfect righteousness; yea, to know Thy power is the root of immortality.

4 For neither did the evil invention of men deceive us, nor an image spotted with divers colors, the painter's fruitless labor,

5 the sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it; and so they desire the form of a dead image, that hath no breath.