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Proverbs 15:7

Proverbs 15:7 (WEB)

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

  • “…before my mouth had been opened to draw in the Spirit, and opened wide to be filled with the spirit of speaking mysteries and doctrines; and my lips bound, to use the words of wisdom, by divine knowledge, and, as I would add, loosed in due season: before my tongue had been filled with exultation, and become an…” — editor's note: Prov. xv. 7 (LXX.).

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Gregory the Great

  • “Concerning the former it is said through Solomon, They shall eat of the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own devices (Prov. i. 31); but concerning the latter it is written by him again, The heart of the foolish will be unlike (Ibid. xv. 7).” — the author cites it

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