1 Kings 21:29 (WEB)
“See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”
Catechism · 1
“Envy can lead to the worst crimes.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:3-7; 1 Kings 21:1-29.
Fathers and councils · 7
Jerome
“AndSodom and Gomorrha might have appeased it, had they been willing to repent, and through the aid of fasting gain for themselves tears of repentance.Ahab, the most impious of kings, by fasting and wearing sackcloth, succeeded in escaping the sentence of God, and in deferring the overthrow of his house to the…” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 27–29.
Read the whole comment“Because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 28, 29.
Read the whole comment““And it came to pass”—the passage goes on—“when Ahab heard those words that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth…and the word of the Lord came to Elijah saying, Because Ahab humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 27–29.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Hast than seen how Ahab is pricked in the heart before Me? as if almost He would persuade the fiery zeal of the Prophet to condescend to the penitent.” — editor's note: Ib. xxi. 29.
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Tertullian
“…not die;” how king Ahab in like manner, the husband of Jezebel, guilty of idolatry and of the blood of Naboth, obtained pardon because of his repentance; and how Jonathan the son of Saul blotted out by his deprecation the guilt of a violated fast.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 29.
Read the whole comment“How ready to forgive Ahab, the husband of Jezebel, the blood of Naboth, when he deprecated His anger.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 27, 29.
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