Psalm 141:4

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions V.10Book V

  “Not yet, therefore, hadst Thou set a watch before my mouth, and kept the door of my lips, that my heart might not incline to wicked speeches, to make excuses of sins, with men that work iniquity—and, therefore, was I still united with their “Elect.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxli. 3, 4, Old Vers. See also Augustin’s Commentary on the Psalms, where, using his Septuagint version, he applies this passage to the Manichæans.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 141

  ““That Thou turn not aside My heart to wicked words” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it

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• Augustine of Hippo, Of Holy Virginity Chapter 42

  ““Set,” saith he, “O Lord, a watch to my mouth, and a door of continence around my lips: let not my heart turn away unto evil words, to make excuses in sins, with men that work unrighteousness.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxli. 3, 4

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Continence Chapter 3

  “Lastly, to show more plainly the inner mouth, which by these words he meant, after having said, “Set a watch, O Lord, to my mouth, and a door of Continence around my lips,” he added straightway, “Cause not my heart to fall aside into evil words.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxli. 4. [See R.V.]

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Continence Chapter 13

  “Make not my heart to fall aside unto evil words;” explaining more clearly whereof he spake this, he saith, “to make excuses in sins.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxli. 3, 4

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “For truly that which is written, “To offer excuses excusing sins” [Ps. 141:4] happened to this servant, so that to slothfulness and idleness was added also the sin of pride.” — the author cites it

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 51

  “It is to avoid this that the prophet prays to the Lord, saying: “Turn not aside my heart to words of wickedness, to making excuses for my sins.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxli. 4, acc. to the Gallican Psalter.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 117

  “Under the compulsion of an unhappy experience I have learned to be silent, thinking it better to set a watch before my mouth and to keep the door of my lips than to incline my heart to any evil thing, or, while censuring the faults of others, myself to fall into that of detraction.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxli. 3, 4.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 125

  “Nor must you turn aside your heart unto words of evil lest the psalmist say to you: “Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son,” and lest you become as “the sons of men…” — editor's note: Ps. cxli. 4, Vulg.

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• Proverbs 10:9

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• Sirach 37:16

  Cited together in On Continence Chapter 3.

• Jeremiah 2:22

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• Jeremiah 3:3

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• Matthew 25:14

  Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 25:14–30 (7) (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 2:51

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• Luke 14:26

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• John 19:26

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• John 19:27

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• Romans 1:3

  Cited together in Confessions V.10.

• Romans 12:17

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• 1 Corinthians 13:11

  Cited together in Confessions V.10.

• 2 Timothy 2:25

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 42.

• Psalm 41:4

  Cited together in Confessions V.10.

• Psalm 69:12

  Cited together in Letters Letter 117.

• Psalm 119:4

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 42.

• Psalm 119:5

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 42.

• Psalm 119:6

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 42.