Wisdom Of Solomon 17:10-12 World English Bible (WEB)

10. they perished for very trembling, Refusing even to look on the air, which could on no side be escaped.

11. For wickedness, condemned by a witness within, is a coward thing, And, being pressed hard by conscience, always forecasts the worst lot:

12. For fear is nothing else but a surrender of the help which reason offers;

Wisdom Of Solomon 17