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Proverbs 3:7Prov.3.7

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ne sois point sage à tes propres yeux, Crains l'Eternel, et détourne-toi du mal:

KJV

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Patristic reading

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  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    On the Remission of Sins Book One

    Lord, and turn away from all evil, and it will be health to your flesh and strength to your bones" (Proverbs 3:7-8). In the book of Ecclesiasticus, the faithful are warned not to do evil: "Do not do wrong, and wrong will not come to you. Stay away from wickedness, and evil will…
  • Bonaventura

    operaomnia vol3

    In seqq. respicitur illud Ps. 33, 15: « Diverte a malo et fac Ijo- num », ci illud Prov. 3, 7: « Time Deum et recede a malo ». — Superius pro Et quod siut idem edd. Et quod sint unus et idem. 3 Aristot., I. Prior. c. I. M. (c.…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)

    am spiritualem. Sapiens? Audi: Ne sis sapiens apud temetipsum. Stultus? Time Deum et recede a malo (Prov. III, 7) . Sapiens? Agnosce ipsum tuum nescire. Stultus? Aude sapere, ne tentatio te subjuget, antequam metus. Sapiens? Audi: Sapiens eris, si te non esse credideris (AUG. d…

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