Wisdom of Solomon 11:23–12:2

23 But thou hast mercy on all men, because thou hast power to do all things,

And thou overlookest the sins of men to the end they may repent.

24 For thou lovest all things that are,

And abhorrest none of the things which thou didst make;

For never wouldst thou have formed anything if thou didst hate it.

25 And how would anything have endured, except thou hadst willed it?

Or that which was not called by thee, how would it have been preserved?

26 But thou sparest all things, because they are thine,

O Sovereign Lord, thou lover of souls;

121 For thine incorruptible spirit is in all things.

2 Wherefore thou dost chastise by little and little them that fall from the right way,

And, putting them in remembrance by the very things wherein they sin, dost thou admonish them,

That escaping from their wickedness they may believe on thee, O Lord.

As shown by his patience with the Canaanites.