13 He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. (WEB) 14 He became to us a reproof of our thoughts. (WEB) 15 He is grievous to us even to look at, because his life is unlike other men’s, and his paths are strange. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 2:13–15
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