Jeremiah 17:6 (WEB)
For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, an uninhabited salt land.
Catechism · 1
“It would be futile and false to place such faith in a creature.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jer 17:5-6; Pss 40:5; 146:3-4
Fathers and councils · 2
Basil the Great
“Thus, Jeremiah compares it to the worst of characters—the double character.” — editor's note: cf. Jer. xvii. 6, LXX.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Likewise in Jeremiah: “Cursed is the man who hath hope in man; and blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and his hope shall be in God.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 5–7.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.
Cited together in Catechism §150.
Cited together in Catechism §150.
Cited together in Catechism §150.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 5.