Psalm 58:4 (WEB)
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Fathers and councils · 8
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Wherefore they cannot receive His inheritance: as David says, “Sinners are alienated from the womb; their anger is after the likeness of a serpent.”” — editor's note: Ps. lviii. 3, 4.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For “their mind,” says the Scripture, “is like the serpent, like the deaf adder, which stoppeth her ear, and will not hear the voice of the charmers.”” — editor's note: Ps. lviii. 4, 5. [It was supposed that adders deafened themselves by laying one ear on the earth, and closing the other with the tail.]
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Augustine of Hippo
““Indignation to them after the similitude of a serpent” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Let not things past please us; things present not hold us; let us not “close the ear” as it were with tail, let us not press down the ear on the ground; lest by things past we be kept back from hearing, lest by things present we be entangled and prevented from…” — editor's note: Ps. lviii. 4. [See p. 232, supra.—C.]
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John Chrysostom
“Let us therefore take heed that it be not said of us, that our ears are those of a deaf adder. ( Ps. lviii. 4.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“They are “like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear.”” — editor's note: Ps. lviii. 4.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For the wrath which he had was not like that of the serpent, smouldering within, ready to defend itself, eager to burst forth, and longing to strike back at once on being disturbed; but like the sting of the bee, which does not bring death with its stroke; while his kindness was superhuman.” — editor's note: Ib. lviii. 4. (LXX.).
Read the whole comment“Do not shut your ears to the Instruction of the Lord, and to His Counsel, like the adder to charms.” — editor's note: Ps. lviii. 4, 5.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.
Cited together in Letters Letter 139.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.41.