Psalm 12:7

John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17Conference XIV

  “For every one who, from love of the praise of men dispenses the words of God, of which it is said “the words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times,” puts out his money upon usury, and will deserve for this not merely no reward, but rather punishment.” — editor's note: Ps. xi. (xii.) 7.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 12

  ““Thou, O Lord, shalt preserve us, and keep us from this generation to eternity” (ver. 7): here as needy and poor, there as wealthy and rich.” — the author cites it

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XII.13Book XII

  ““Death hath no more dominion over Him; and we ourselves after the resurrection shall be “ever with the Lord,” to whom we now say, as the sacred Psalmist dictates, “Thou shall keep us, O Lord, Thou shall preserve us from this generation.”” — editor's note: Ps. xii. 7.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 10

  “…me the pearl of the Gospel, “the words of the Lord,” “pure words, even as the silver which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire,” I mean the commentaries of Fortunatian and—for its account of the persecutors—the History of Aurelius Victor, and with these the Letters of Novatian; so that,…” — editor's note: Ps. xii. 7, P. B. V.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 2

  “…is the man, whose heart has never been made to burn, as the Scriptures have been opened to him, with the pure words of God which have been tried in a furnace; who has not, by a triple inscription of them upon the breadth of his heart, attained the mind of Christ; nor been admitted to the treasures which to most men…” — editor's note: Ps. xii. 7.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.10Book VI

  ““He shall not be afraid of evil tidings;” consequently neither of unfounded calumny, nor of the false opinion around him.” — editor's note: Ps. cxii. 7.

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• Psalm 90:10

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Proverbs 24:15

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Proverbs 31:6

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Proverbs 31:7

  Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.

• Ecclesiastes 1:9

  Cited together in The City of God XII.13.

• Ecclesiastes 1:10

  Cited together in The City of God XII.13.

• Matthew 13:46

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Romans 6:9

  Cited together in The City of God XII.13.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:16

  Cited together in The City of God XII.13.

• Hebrews 1:1

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.10.

• Revelation 1:14

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Genesis 6:4

  Cited together in Letters Letter 10.

• Psalm 5:3

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.10.

• Psalm 5:4

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.10.