Proverbs 17:4 (WEB)
An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“For to the faithful man belongs the whole world of wealth, in that he disdains and tramples on it.” — editor's note: This sentence is a spurious addition to the text of the Septuagint, variously placed after Prov. xvii. 4, and xvii. 6. The thought is there completed by the…
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And again: “A wicked doer giveth heed to the tongue of the unjust; but a righteous man does not listen to lying lips.”” — editor's note: Prov. xvii. 4.
Read the whole comment“…thorns, and hearken not to a wicked tongue;” and again: “A wicked doer giveth heed to the tongue of the unjust; but a righteous man regards not lying lips.”” — editor's note: Prov. xvii. 4, LXX.
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