# Wisdom of Solomon 16:17

**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/16/17
- Book: [Wisdom of Solomon](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom)
- Chapter: [Wisdom of Solomon 16](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/wisdom/16)
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For, which is most to be wondered at, the fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all things: for the world fighteth for the righteous.