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Proverbs 24:12Prov.24.12

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Si tu dis: Ah! nous ne savions pas!... Celui qui pèse les coeurs ne le voit-il pas? Celui qui veille sur ton âme ne le connaît-il pas? Et ne rendra-t-il pas à chacun selon ses oeuvres?

KJV

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?

Patristic reading

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  • Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)

    Epistula I ad Corinthios

    προθύμους ἡμᾶς εἶναι εἰς ἀγαθοποιΐαν: ἐξ αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐστιν τὰ πάντα. προλέγει γὰρ Is. 40, 10; 62, 11; Prov. 24, 12 Hev. 22, 12 ἡμῖν: Ἰδοὺ ὁ κύριος, καὶ ὁ μισθὸς αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, ἀποδοῦναι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ. προτρέπεται οὖν ἡμᾶς πιστεύοντας ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας ἐπ̓…
  • Gelasius

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    σίτα, ταῦτα λέγων οὐ μαίνῃ καὶ >σαφῶς λυττᾷς; ἰδοὺ γὰρ δὴ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸς μορφή, ἤγουν σχῆμα 16f vgl. Prov. 24, 12 A1H V1P3 M2P1P2 Athan. B R 2 τὴν] τίς Athan. | τὸν > HM2P1P2 | τῆς] τίς Athan. 4 τῆς σῆς . A1 6 ἐπινοεῖσθαι Athan. 8 δὲ > M2 | ὁ3] οὐ V1P3 12 πλάττων P1 13 νεογενῆ P2…

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