Proverbs 12:28 (WEB)
In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Chrysostom
“For it is said, “the ways of those who remember injuries [tend] to death.” ( Prov. xii. 28 , LXX.) And “He that is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of hell,” and he that “calleth his brother a fool” ( Matt. v. 22 ), and senseless, and numberless such things.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Hear even under the Old Testament, how great regard there was for this, “The ways of revengeful men are unto death.” — editor's note: Prov. xii. 28, LXX.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Whereas for such as had not broken off the bonds of love, but had given way through fear, he prays that they may be forgiven.” — editor's note: So the traditional interpretation of the Greeks in Œcumenius. “This ‘alone’ is ‘the sin unto death,’ viz. sin which has no thought of repentance: which sin…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, The Institutes VIII.15Book VIII
“…heart;” and again, “Be not mindful of the injury of thy citizens;” and again, “The ways of those who preserve the recollection of wrongs are towards death”?” — editor's note: Prov. xii. 28 (LXX.).
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.15.
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.15.