Psalm 19:9 (WEB)
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever. The LORD’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
Fathers and councils · 15
Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“…not that fear which dreads the loss of worldly goods, (which perfect love casteth out,) (1 John 4:18) but that holy fear of the Lord which abideth for ever, (Ps. 19:9.) by which the righteous man, the more ardent his love to God, is so much the more careful not to offend Him.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“But this ill thing I also refused, not out of a pure love for Thee, O God of my heart; for I knew not how to love Thee, knowing not how to conceive aught beyond corporeal brightness.” — editor's note: “He alone is truly pure who waiteth on God, and keepeth himself to Him alone ” (Aug. De Vita Beata, sec. 18). “Whoso seeketh God is pure, because the soul hath…
Read the whole comment““The fear of the Lord is chaste, enduring for ever” (ver. 9).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…love casteth out” this “fear,” but that fear which the Prophet calleth “the spirit of the fear of the Lord;” that fear which “is pure, and endureth for ever;” that fear which feareth to offend Him whom it loveth.” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
Read the whole comment“Namely, it is said in a certain place of the Psalms, “The fear of the Lord is chaste, enduring forever.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
Read the whole comment“And where ought there to be more that “chaste fear abiding for ever and ever,” than in thee, who hast no thought of the things of this world, how to please a wedded partner; but of the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord?” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9
Read the whole comment“For if it is the fear of God through which the poor in spirit are blessed, inasmuch as theirs is the kingdom of heaven; let us ask that the name of God may be hallowed among men through that “fear which is clean, enduring for ever.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
Read the whole comment“But as for that “clean fear which endureth for ever,” if it is to exist in the world to come (and how else can it be said to endure for ever?), it is not a fear deterring us from evil which may happen, but preserving us in the good which cannot be lost.” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
Read the whole comment“It is also written, “There is no fear in love but perfect love casteth out fear;” and in another place it is written, “The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
Read the whole comment“There is a fear, which perfect love casteth out; and there is another fear, which is clean, and endureth for ever.” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
Read the whole comment“…than his lord: if they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you,” that servant is meant who is distinguished by the clean fear which endureth for ever.” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
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Basil the Great
“More to be desired are they than gold and precious stones.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9 and 10, LXX.
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Jerome
“Now if God’s judgments, they say, are “true and righteous altogether,” and if “there is no unrighteousness in Him,” we are compelled by reason to believe that our souls have pre-existed in heaven, that they are condemned to and,…” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Accordingly it is said, “The fear of the Lord is pure, remaining for ever and ever.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the eighteenth Psalm: “The fear of the Lord is chaste, abiding for ever.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 9.
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Cross-references · 24
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.11.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 8.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in Confessions IV.2.
Cited together in Confessions IV.2.
Cited together in Confessions IV.2.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 85 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 2:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 2:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 2:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 85 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 8.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 85 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 2:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 2 other places.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 8.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 8.
Cited together in Confessions IV.2.