Psalm 94:11

Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 6

  “…art not to be judged of man’s judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins and hearts, and knoweth the thoughts of men.” — editor's note: Ps. xciv. 11.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.19Conference I

  “And again: “the Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vain:” and “the thoughts of the righteous are judgments.”” — editor's note: Ps. xciii. (xciv.) 11.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 94

  ““The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are but vain” (ver. 11).” — the author cites it

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XV.28Book XV

  “But many are my thoughts, such as Thou knowest, “thoughts of man, since they are vain.”” — editor's note: Ps. xciv. 11

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIX.4Book XIX

  “Contempt has been poured upon such ideas by the Truth, saying by the prophet, “The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men” (or, as the Apostle Paul cites the passage, “The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise”) “that they are vain.”” — editor's note: Ps. xciv. 11, and 1 Cor. iii. 20.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.4Book XVII

  “…which is of God, who is the God of knowledge, and therefore also takes the oversight of consciences, there beholding the thoughts of men that they are vain, if they are of men, and are not from Him.” — editor's note: Ps. xciv. 11; 1 Cor. iii. 20.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XXII.11Book XXII

  “But against this great gift of God, these reasoners, “whose thoughts the Lord knows that they are vain” bring arguments from the weights of the elements; for they have been taught by their master Plato that the two greatest elements of the world, and the…” — editor's note: Ps. xciv. 11.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 60

  “God hath made foolish the wisdom of this world; and the Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.” — editor's note: Ps. xciv. 11.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 115

  “…had been charged with this as a crime before him by the Jews: laying open to us the thoughts of men, which were all known to Himself, that they are but vain; and now, after Pilate’s answer, giving them, both Jews and Gentiles, all the more reasonable and fitting a reply, “My kingdom is not of this world.”” — editor's note: Ps. xciv. 11.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy I.14Book I

  “The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vain.”” — editor's note: Ps. xciv. [xciii.] 8–11.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.5Book V

  “Even if the ancient Scriptures have contributed nothing in support of our view thus far, an excellent testimony turns up in what (the apostle) here adjoins: “For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 19, 20; Job v. 13; Ps. xciv. 11.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3Book I

  “For the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain;” the Scripture calling those the wise (σοφούς) who are skilled in words and arts, sophists (σοφιστάς).” — editor's note: Job v. 13; 1 Cor. iii. 19, 20; Ps. xciv. 11.

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• Wisdom 9:15

  Cited together in The City of God XIX.4.

• Sirach 23:18

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.14.

• Sirach 43:29

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XV.28.

• Jeremiah 17:10

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.14.

• Habakkuk 2:4

  Cited together in The City of God XIX.4.

• Matthew 8:20

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• Matthew 9:4

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.14.

• Luke 6:8

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.14.

• Luke 9:58

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• John 6:71

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 60.

• John 11:33

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 60.

• John 13:11

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 60.

• John 13:18

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 60.

• Romans 8:24

  Cited together in The City of God XIX.4.

• 1 Corinthians 3:20

  Cited together in The City of God XIX.4 and 1 other place.

• Galatians 5:17

  Cited together in The City of God XIX.4.

• Job 5:13

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.

• Job 24:14

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.14.

• Job 24:15

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.14.

• 1 Corinthians 3:20

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