Wisdom of Solomon 1:16–2:1

16 But ungodly men by their words and deeds summoned death;

considering him a friend, they pined away,

and they made a covenant with him,

because they are fit to belong to his party.

Chapter 2

1 For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves,

“Short and sorrowful is our life,

and there is no remedy when a man comes to his end,

and no one has been known to return from Hades.