Proverbs 9:15 (WEB)
to call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
Fathers and councils · 2
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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Augustine of Hippo
“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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