Proverbs 9:14 (WEB)
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“I came upon that bold woman, who “is simple, and knoweth nothing,” the enigma of Solomon, sitting “at the door of the house on a seat,” and saying, “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 14, 17.
Read the whole comment“Beware, with fear and prayer, of rushing into that mystery of Solomon’s, where “the woman that is foolish and brazen-faced, and become destitute of bread,” invites the passers-by with the words, “Come and make a pleasant feast on hidden bread, and the sweetness of stolen waters.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 13–17, according to the Septuagint, where, in verse 13, פתיות is rendered ἐνδεὴς ψωμοῦ, “in want of a morsel of bread,” as if from פת or פתות, a…
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Clement of Alexandria
“But says the Instructor: “Hie away, and tarry not in the place; nor fix thine eye on her: for thus shalt thou pass over a strange water, and cross to Acheron.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 13–18.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Confessions III.6.
Cited together in Confessions III.6.
Cited together in Confessions III.6.
Cited together in Confessions III.6.