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Proverbs 27:12

Proverbs 27:12 (WEB)
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.25Book III
“God does, however, exercise a providence over all things, and therefore He also gives counsel; and when giving counsel, He is present with those who attend to moral discipline.” — editor's note: Literally, “who have a foresight of morals” —qui morum providentiam habent. The meaning is very obscure. [Prov. xxii. 3, Prov. xxvii. 12.]
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Matthew 5:45
Cited together in Against Heresies III.25.
Proverbs 22:3
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