Psalm 34:9

Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 24

  “After this ye hear the chanter inviting you with a sacred melody to the communion of the Holy Mysteries, and saying, O taste and see that the Lord is good.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 9. In the Apostolic Constitutions the “Sancta Sanctis” and its response are immediately followed by the “Gloria in excelsis,” and the “Hosanna.”…

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.16Conference XXIII

  “This then is that body of death from which we cannot escape, pent in which those who are perfect, who have tasted “how gracious the Lord is,” daily feel with the prophet “how bad for himself and bitter it is for a man to depart from the Lord his God.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. (xxxiv.) 9.

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• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25Conference XXIV

  “For to them at once “the crooked shall become straight and the rough ways plain;” and they shall “taste and see that the Lord is gracious,” and when they hear Christ proclaiming in the gospel: “Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you,” they will lay aside the…” — editor's note: Jer. vi. 16; Isa. xl. 4; Ps. xxxiii. (xxxiv.) 9.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 34

  ““O fear the Lord, all ye His saints, for there is no want to them that fear Him” (ver. 9).” — the author cites it

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Mysteries Chapter 9

  “What we eat and what we drink the Holy Spirit has elsewhere made plain by the prophet, saying, “Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that hopeth in Him.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. [xxxiii.] 9.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23Book I

  “Rich men have wanted and have hungered; but they who seek the Lord shall never want any good thing.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 8–10.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.21Book III

  “Also in the thirty-third Psalm: “Fear the Lord, all ye His saints: for there is no want to them that fear Him.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 9.

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• Proverbs 19:3

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.

• Isaiah 3:1

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• Isaiah 3:2

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• Isaiah 5:26

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• Isaiah 5:27

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• Isaiah 40:4

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.

• Isaiah 65:13

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• Isaiah 65:14

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• Isaiah 65:15

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• Jeremiah 1:18

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.

• Jeremiah 1:19

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.

• Jeremiah 2:19

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.16.

• Jeremiah 6:16

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.

• Ezekiel 18:25

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.25.

• John 6:35

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• John 6:53

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• John 7:37

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• John 7:38

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

• 2 Corinthians 10:1

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.16.

• 2 Corinthians 12:13

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.16.

• 2 Corinthians 12:16

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.16.