Ecclesiastes 9:17 (WEB)
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
Fathers and councils · 1
“So, since no human voice is strong enough to be heard in such a disturbance, I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for if there is any truth in the words of the Preacher, “The words of wise men are heard in quiet,” in the present condition of things any discussion of them must be anything but becoming.” — editor's note: Eccl. ix. 17.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 29.