Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Voici quel a été le crime de Sodome, ta soeur. Elle avait de l'orgueil, elle vivait dans l'abondance et dans une insouciante sécurité, elle et ses filles, et elle ne soutenait pas la main du malheureux et de l'indigent.
KJV
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Eucherius of Lyon
Summary of the Works of Cassian
ine or various foods that caused their downfall, but the fullness of bread, according to the prophet Ezekiel 16:49. Bodily weakness does not oppose purity of heart. So, provide for the body what its weakness demands, not what pleasure desires. The use of food should be just enoug…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
d Adam out of Paradise, gluttony it was that drew down the deluge at the time of Noah." According to Ezech. 16:49, "This was the iniquity of Sodom, thy sister . . . fulness of bread," etc. Therefore the sin of gluttony is the greatest of all. Objection 2: Further, in every genus…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 91 (Migne)
: [Col. 0143D] Al., porrigebat. ] porrigebant, et elevatae sunt, et fecerunt abominationes coram me (Ezech. XVI, 49) . A quibus omnibus immunem fuisse beatum Loth, et textus sacrae historiae testatur, quem angelos hospitio recepisse, ac per eos a pereuntibus impiis ereptum esse d…
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