Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ton coeur s'est élevé à cause de ta beauté, Tu as corrompu ta sagesse par ton éclat; Je te jette par terre, Je te livre en spectacle aux rois.
KJV
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
t to be proud of one's honesty is to play the harlot because of one's spiritual beauty, according to Ezech. 28:17, "Thy heart was lifted up with thy beauty, thou hast lost thy wisdom in thy beauty." Whether the honest differs from the useful and the pleasant? Objection 1: It woul…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)
, sed fuit mendax ab initio (Joan. VIII, 44) , ideoque audivit: Perdidisti in decore tuo sapientiam (Ezech. XXVIII, 17) . Nolo decorem, qui mihi sapientiam tollat. 10. Quaeris quis ille tam noxius, tamque perniciosus decor? Tuus. Adhuc forte sine intellectu es? Planius audi. Pr…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 186 (Migne)
ad illum sermo dirigitur: Elevatum est cor tuum in decore tuo, perdidisti sapientiam in decore tuo (Ezech. XXVIII, 17) . Quasi diceret: Quoniam ex decore elationem suscepisti, ex decore sapientiam perdidisti. [Note: [Col. 0891D] August., l. XI, De Genesi, c. XXIII et XXIV.] Ali…
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