Psalm 32:9 (WEB)
Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
Fathers and councils · 17
Gregory of Nyssa
“O marvellous insolence! as though he were addressing his harangue to brutes, or senseless beings “which have no understanding,” he twists his argument about in contrary ways, as he pleases; or rather he suffers as men do who are deprived of sight; for they too behave often in unseemly…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“For instance, in the case of the bad, as when it charges, ‘Be ye not like to horse and mule which have no understanding.’” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9; xlix. 20.
Read the whole comment “Yet even in this state, the man-loving Word, who came for this very reason, that He might seek and find that which was lost, sought to restrain them from such folly, crying and saying, ‘Be ye not as the horse and the mule which have no understanding, whose cheeks ye hold in with bit and bridle.’” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9. Cf. Orat. iii. 18.
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Jerome
“This is that which the Holy Spirit says by the mouth of David: “Be ye not like horse and mule which have no understanding.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“53:4, LXX) for man hath been made like to the beasts, (Ps. 49:12) therefore He placed us on His beast, that we might not be as horse and mule, (Ps. 32:9.) in order that by taking upon Him our body, He might abolish the weakness of our flesh.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Ps. 32:9.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Not by that power do I find my God; for then the horse and the mule, “which have no understanding,” might find Him, since it is the same power by which their bodies also live.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Do Thou then, O God, unto them “that will not come nigh Thee” (ver. 9), what man doth to horse and mule, that by scourges Thou make them to bear Thy rule.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For even He on an ass’s colt came into the city; and that beast was gentle.…“Be not ye as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
Read the whole comment“It is our “understanding” then that is addressing our soul.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Whence it is said elsewhere, “Be ye not like to horse and mule, in which there is no understanding.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Whence certain men despising in themselves that peculiar and especial thing which from their Maker they had received, the Maker Himself reproveth, saying, “Do not become like horse and mule, in which there is no understanding.”…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
Read the whole comment“That is to say, I have set thee above the horse and mule; thee, I made after mine image, I have given thee power over these.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Where that wedding garment must be put on, hear in the words, “Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxii. 9.
Read the whole comment“‘Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness.’”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxii. 9.
Read the whole comment““Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“For a law will not be laid down for an animal devoid of reason, but a bridle and a whip; whereas to man has been given a precept and penalty to perform, or for not carrying into execution what has been enjoined.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxii. 9.
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Cross-references · 26
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.7.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 8:40–48 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.7.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.7.