But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais tu t'es confiée dans ta beauté, et tu t'es prostituée, à la faveur de ton nom; tu as prodigué tes prostitutions à tous les passants, tu t'es livrée à eux.
KJV
But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
rtue, as stated above (A[1]) . But a certain beauty is contrary to virtue, wherefore it is written ( Ezech. 16:15 ): "Trusting in thy beauty thou playest the harlot because of thy renown." Therefore the honest is not the same as the beautiful. On the contrary, The Apostle says (…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 130 (Migne)
ntra superbientem animum dicitur: «Habens fiduciam in pulchritudine tua, fornicata es in nomine tuo (Ezech. XVI, 15) ;» fiduciam quippe animae in pulchritudine sua habere est in semetipsa de justa operatione praesumere. Quae in suo nomine fornicatur, quando in hoc quod recte egit…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)
Unde cuidam apud Ezechielem dicitur: «Exposuisti fornicationes tuas omni transeunti, ut ejus fieres (Ezech. XVI, 15) .» Aedes Jerusalem exinde devorantur, cum quidquid in mente vel in sensibus poterat constare residui, ab internae pacis visione dirimitur. VERS. 6.---«Haec dicit…
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