# Wisdom of Solomon 14:5

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom/14/5
- Book: [Wisdom of Solomon](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom)
- Chapter: [Wisdom of Solomon 14](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom/14)
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Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.