Ecclesiastes 8:11 (WEB)
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.52Book VIII
“…deals with every one as he deserves, and who will proportion His rewards to the good that each has done, and to the account of himself that he is able to give.” — editor's note: [Eccles. viii. 11. See cap. xl., supra. De Maistre has admirably annotated Plutarch’s Delay of the Divine Judgment.]
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.8Conference VII
“It follows then that no one can be deceived by the devil but one who has chosen to yield to him the consent of his own will: as Ecclesiastes clearly puts it in these words: “For since there is no gainsaying by those who do evil speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is filled within them to do evil.”” — editor's note: Eccl. viii. 11 (LXX.).
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Ephrem the Syrian
“O great fear that justice also should be so long silent!”” — editor's note: Eccles. viii. 11.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith Hymn 1.
Cited together in The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith Hymn 1.
Cited together in The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith Hymn 1.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.8.