Proverbs 1:16 (WEB)
for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
““Their throat is an open sepulchre.”” — editor's note: [Here the author quotes the African Psalter, no doubt, from which the three verses have passed into the Vulgate. They are in the Septuagint, from which St.…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…credence by action, as was the case with that which was given in the hand of a prophet; the other, that they be not swift to shed blood, nor to run to evil, but that they be prompt to run to the Gospel and the Prize of the high Calling, and to receive Christ Who washes and cleanses them.” — editor's note: Mal. i. 1 sq.; Prov. i. 16.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Ipsi enim, cure sint sanguinum participes, thesauros malorum sibi recondunt;” hoc est, sibi affectantes immunditiam, et proximos similia docentes, bellatores, percussores caudis suis, ait propheta, quas quidem Græci κέρκους appellant.” — editor's note: Prov. i. 15, 16, 17.
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Cross-references · 1
Proverbs 1:16 and Isaiah 59:7 share the same wording (9 words).