Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ne crois pas à un ami, Ne te fie pas à un intime; Devant celle qui repose sur ton sein Garde les portes de ta bouche.
KJV
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Martin of Leon
Sermons on the Saints
o rests in our lap Judges 16:19, from whom the prophet instructs us to guard the doors of our mouths Micah 7:5, because no plague is more harmful than a familiar enemy. Augustine: Therefore, to prepare the wedding garment for the bridegroom, so that at all times the garments of y…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)
ritum concupiscit, de qua dicitur in Osee: «Ab ea quae dormit in sinu tuo custodi claustra oris tui (Mich. VII, 5) .» Hunc hostem semper habemus, cum hoc nobis est juge et indesinens certamen. Unde Gregorius: «Ex carnis vitio propagati, [Col. 0869A] in nobis ipsis gerimus unde c…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)
duce; ab ea quae dormit in sinu tuo custodi claustra oris tui, quia filius patri contumeliam facit (Mich. VII, 5) ,» et inimici hominis, domestici ejus. Stemus ergo super speculam discretionis et contemplationis, fructus bonorum operum, [Col. 0872D] et vestimenta virtutum custod…
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