Wisdom of Solomon 14:12–15

12 For the idea of making idols was the beginning of fornication,

and the invention of them was the corruption of life,

13 for neither have they existed from the beginning

nor will they exist for ever.

14 For through the vanity of men they entered the world,

and therefore their speedy end has been planned.

15 For a father, consumed with grief at an untimely bereavement,

made an image of his child, who had been suddenly taken from him;

and he now honored as a god what was once a dead human being,

and handed on to his dependents secret rites and initiations.