Proverbs 11:17 (WEB)
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Fathers and councils · 1
“For forgiveness of sins is most efficaciously prayed for with almsgiving and fasting, and supplications that are winged by such aids mount swiftly to God’s ears: since as it is written, “the merciful man doeth good to his own soul,” and nothing is so much a man’s own as that which he spends on his neighbour.” — editor's note: Prov. xi. 17.
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Cross-references · 5
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