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Micah 7:6Mic.7.6

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car le fils outrage le père, La fille se soulève contre sa mère, La belle-fille contre sa belle-mère; Chacun a pour ennemis les gens de sa maison. -

KJV

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    much blame is attached to the sin committed by a man against those who are akin to him, according to Micah 7:6 : "the son dishonoreth the father, and the daughter riseth up against her mother." Furthermore sins committed against persons of rank are expressly condemned: thus it is…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ng an obstacle between us and God. In this respect they are not akin but hostile to us, according to Micah 7:6 : "A men's enemies are they of his own household." Reply to Objection 2: Charity conforms man to God proportionately, by making man comport himself towards what is his,…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    t the spirit" ( Gal. 5:17 ), so too carnal friends often thwart our spiritual progress, according to Mic. 7:6, "A man's enemies are they of his own household." Wherefore Cyril expounding Lk. 9:61, "Let me first take my leave of them that are at my house," says [*Cf. St. Thomas's…

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