Wis 16, 5-8 You are he who delivers from all evil

(Wis 16, 5-8) You are he who delivers from all evil

[5] For when the dire venom of beasts came upon them and they were dying from the bite of crooked serpents, your anger endured not to the end. [6] But as a warning, for a short time they were terrorized, though they had a sign of salvation, to remind them of the precept of your law. [7] For he who turned toward it was saved, not by what he saw, but by you, the savior of all. [8] And by this also you convinced our foes that you are he who delivers from all evil.

(CCC 2130) Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim (Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26).