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) 16 We were regarded by him as something worthless, and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness. He calls the latter end of the righteous happy. He boasts that God is his father. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 2:14–16
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