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Psalm 17:4 (WEB)
As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

Fathers and councils · 11

John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.22Conference XXIV
“For it seems tolerably opposed to that saying of the prophet where it is said: “For the sake of the words of Thy lips I kept hard ways;” while even the Apostle says: “All who will live godly in Christ suffer persecutions.”” — editor's note: Ps. xvi. (xvii.) 4; 2 Tim. iii. 12.
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John Cassian, The Institutes IV.15Book IV
“…our faults and treating with silence those things of which it is a shame even to speak, according to this saying: “My mouth shall not speak the deeds of men,” let us in accordance with the method of our narration which we have begun proceed to those virtues which are practised among them, and which we ought to aim at…” — editor's note: Ps. xvi. (xvii.) 4.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 17
““That My mouth may not speak the works of men” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo, Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 3
“I see not here that there is any rest: mere mortality weigheth down the soul, and the corruptible body presseth it down to lower things: but I bear all things, that “that which I have heard from the beginning” may “remain” in me; and that I may say to my God, “Because of the words of Thy lips have I kept hard ways.”” — editor's note: Ps. xvii. 4, LXX. and Vulg.
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 46
“For both is that true which is said to Him in the Psalm, “Because of the words of Thy lips I have kept hard ways.”” — editor's note: Ps. xvi. 4, Sept. (xvii. English version).
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.11Festal Letters
“…heart, Thou hast visited me in the night-season; Thou hast proved me, and hast not found iniquity in me, so that my mouth shall not speak of the works of men.’” — editor's note: Ps. xvii. 3, 4, LXX.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 14
“And again, “That my mouth may not talk of the deeds of men.” ( Ps. xvii. 3, 4.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Letters Letter 133
“Explain also the words of the psalmist: “thou dost cause toil by thy law,” and “because of the words of thy lips I have kept hard ways.”” — editor's note: Ps. xvii. 4, LXX.
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 42
“This I have embraced with all my heart, that I may win what has been promised to Christ’s martyrs and all His other saints, and so I may truly say, “Because of the words of thy lips I have kept hard ways.”” — editor's note: Ps. xvii. 4, LXX.
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 244
“I have been taught to pray “that my mouth may not utter the works of the men.”” — editor's note: Ps. xvii. 3 and 4, LXX.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.12Book VI
“For not only are actions and thoughts, but words also, pure in the case of the Gnostic: “Thou hast proved mine heart; Thou hast visited me by night,” it is said; “Thou hast subjected me to the fire, and unrighteousness was not found in me: so that my mouth shall not speak the works of men.”” — editor's note: Ps. xvii. 3, 4.
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