Wisdom of Solomon 15:1-6 OSB page 910.

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Friends, Good reading from a part of the Bible that some of you falsely consider not to be a part of the Bible, because you listen to the unbelieving Jews who have no knowledge of Jesus Christ, yet you accept their authority to determine what is and what is not Scripture. Go figure. You accept the Jewish council of Jamnia, but your reject the teachings and traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church Fathers, who accepted these additional books. And which are in the Greek LXX OT Septuagint canon.
Take care.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:1-6 OSB (Orthodox Study Bible), page 910:
"Our Merciful God
"But You, our God, are kind, true, patient, And govern all things in mercy. For even if we sin, we belong to You and know Your might; Be we will not sin, Because we know that we are counted as belonging to You. For to know You is complete righteousness, and to know Your might is the root of immortality. For neither have the evil practices of human art deceived us, Nor a form stained with diverse colors, The barren labor of painting, Whose appearance creates a desire in fools That long for the lifeless form of a dead image, Lovers of evil things and fit for such objects of hope Are those who either make or desire or worship them."
Notes
15:3 To know God is immortality -- eternal life (see John 17:3).
15:4-19 Idols are evil images that entice the worshipper away from the True God and towards nothingness. Holy images or icons, such as the cross and images of Christ and His living saints, help keep us from idols."

God save us all from all sin and evil, and deliver us from the power and works of the evil one; in Jesus' name: Amen.

God have mercy on us. Amen.

In Erie PA USA April 14/27, 2011 AD Scott R. Harrington

May the LORD bless you and keep you in all of your ways, and make His face to shine
upon you, and give you His peace. Amen and Amen. May the Lord bless us all and keep and protect us all in all of our ways, may God save us.. Amen.