Proverbs 26:25 (WEB)
When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Fathers and councils · 1
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X V.25Conference V
“…sins Solomon gives the following account in Proverbs: “If thine enemy speak loud to thee, do not agree to him because there are seven mischiefs in his heart;” i.e., if the spirit of gluttony is overcome and begins to flatter you with having humiliated it, asking in a sort of way that you would relax something of the…” — editor's note: Prov. xxvi. 25. (lxx.).
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Conferences I–X V.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X V.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X V.25.