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Louis Segond 1910
Mon fils, sois sage, et réjouis mon coeur, Et je pourrai répondre à celui qui m'outrage.
KJV
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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ss, which is derived from "study," is not properly about knowledge. On the contrary, It is written ( Prov. 27:11 ): "Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayest give an answer to him that reproacheth." Now study, which is commended as a virtue, is the same as…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
lus autem credulis mittetur contra eum. Spiritum vero ad irascendum facilem quis poterit sustinere? (Prov. XXVII, 11; XVIII, 14.) Item: Ira non habet misericordiam, nec erumpens furor: et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit? (Prov. XXVII, 4.) Jesus filius Sirach: Cum iracundo no…
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