Proverbs 14:3 (WEB)
The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ambrose of Milan
“This the Scriptures speak of very plainly, saying: “Out of the mouth of fools there is a rod for wrong-doing.”” — editor's note: Prov. xiv. 3.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For if we are enjoined especially to associate with saints, it is a sin to jibe at a saint: “For from the mouth of the foolish,” says the Scripture, “is a staff of insult,”—meaning by staff the prop of insult, on which insult leans and rests.” — editor's note: Prov. xiv. 3.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.4.