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Proverbs 1:19

Proverbs 1:19 (WEB)

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

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Cyprian of Carthage

  • “You keep your money, which, when kept, does not keep you.” — editor's note: [Prov. i. 19. “The eagle stole a lamb from the altar,” say the Rabbims, “to feed his young; but a coal from the altar came with it, and burnt up nest and all.”]

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Clement of Alexandria

  • “…vitæ institutione nos dehortans dicit Dominus; quoniam “Iniquorum virorum mala est conversatio; et hæ sunt vitæ omnium, qui ea, quæ sunt iniqua, efficiunt.”—“Væ homini illi,” inquit Dominus; “bonum esset el, si non natus esset, quam ut unum ex electis meis scandalizaret.” — editor's note: Prov. i. 18, 19.

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