Proverbs 21:20 (WEB)
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up.
Fathers and councils · 2
“But what hope he cherished, what struggles he had against the temptations that beset his very excellences, what solace in adversities, and what savoury joys Thy bread possessed for the hidden mouth of his heart when ruminating on it, I could neither conjecture, nor had I experienced.” — editor's note: In his Reply to Faustus (vi. 7), he, conformably with this idea, explains the division into clean and unclean beasts under the Levitical law symbolically. “No…
Read the whole comment“Let the treasure to be desired rest upon your lips.” — editor's note: Prov. xxi. 20.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Confessions VI.3.
Cited together in Confessions VI.3.
Cited together in Confessions VI.3.
Cited together in Confessions VI.3.