1 Clement 39:1-12
1Foolish and inconsiderate men, who have neither wisdom nor instruction, mock and deride us, being eager to exalt themselves in their own conceits.
2For what can a mortal man do? or what strength is there in one made out of the dust?
3For it is written, "There was no shape before mine eyes, only I heard a sound, and a voice [saying], What then?
4Shall a man be pure before the Lord? or shall such an one be [counted] blameless in his deeds, seeing He does not confide in His servants, and has charged even His angels with perversity?
5The heaven is not clean in His sight: how much less they that dwell in houses of clay, of which also we ourselves were made!
6He smote them as a moth; and from morning even until evening they endure not.
7Because they could furnish no assistance to themselves, they perished.
8He breathed upon them, and they died, because they had no wisdom.
9But call now, if any one will answer thee, or if thou wilt look to any of the holy angels; for wrath destroys the foolish man, and envy killeth him that is in error.
10I have seen the foolish taking root, but their habitation was presently consumed.
11Let their sons be far from safety; let them be despised before the gates of those less than themselves, and there shall be none to deliver.
12For what was prepared for them, the righteous shall eat; and they shall not be delivered from evil."