Proverbs 24:16

Jerome

• Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 2

  “Prov. xxiv. 16.” — the author cites it

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 122

  ““A just man,” we read “falleth seven times and riseth up again.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxiv. 16.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12Conference XX

  “But for those small offences in which, as it is written, “the righteous falls seven times and will rise again” penitence will never cease.” — editor's note: Prov. xxiv. 16.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 119

  “For no other reason it was said, “a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:” that is, the just man perisheth not, though brought low in every way, yet not induced to transgress, otherwise he will not be just.” — editor's note: Prov. xxiv. 16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 145

  “For “the just falleth seven times, and riseth again; but the wicked shall be weakened in evils.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxiv. 16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XI.31Book XI

  “On this account it is often put for all numbers together, as, “A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again,”—that is, let him fall never so often, he will not perish (and this was meant to be understood not of sins, but of afflictions conducing to lowliness).” — editor's note: Prov. xxiv. 16.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies V.2Book V

  “And this, (the Naassene) says, is what is declared in Scripture, “The just will fall seven times, and rise again.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxiv. 16; Luke xvii. 4.

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• Isaiah 11:2

  Cited together in The City of God XI.31.

• John 16:13

  Cited together in The City of God XI.31.

• Romans 7:19

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.

• Romans 7:24

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.

• 1 Corinthians 13:10

  Cited together in The City of God XI.31.

• 1 John 1:8

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.

• 1 John 1:10

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.

• Revelation 3:1

  Cited together in The City of God XI.31.

• Psalm 19:12

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.

• Psalm 19:13

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.

• Psalm 34:1

  Cited together in The City of God XI.31.

• Psalm 119:164

  Cited together in The City of God XI.31.