Sirach 10:13 (WEB)
For the beginning of pride is sin. He who keeps it will pour out abomination. For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities and utterly overthrew them.
Fathers and councils · 9
Augustine of Hippo
“…themselves; and these, in their rambling, came upon a certain cottage inhabited by some of Thy servants, “poor in spirit,” of whom “is the kingdom of heaven,” where they found a book in which was written the life of Antony.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 3. Roman commentators are ever ready to use this text of Scripture as an argument in favour of monastic poverty, and some may feel disposed from its…
Read the whole comment““For the beginning of all sin is pride:” and again, “The beginning of man’s pride is to depart from God.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 13, 12.
Read the whole comment“But watch thou his head: the beginning of all sin is pride.” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 13.
Read the whole comment“Nor ought blessedness to begin at any other point whatever, if indeed it is to attain unto the highest wisdom; “but the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;” for, on the other hand also, “pride” is entitled “the beginning of all sin.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 13.
Read the whole comment“…the proud, but giveth grace to the humble;” and “pride is the beginning of all sin, but the beginning of man’s pride is to become apostate from God;” and the apostle says, “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His…” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 13, 12.
Read the whole comment“For “pride,” as saith the Scripture, “is the beginning of all sin.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 13.
Read the whole comment“For “pride is the beginning of sin.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 13.
Read the whole comment
John Chrysostom
“Wherefore a wise man has said, “Pride is the beginning of sin” ( Ecclus. x. 13 ): that is, its root, its source, its mother.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment
Gregory the Great
“Let the humble hear, That the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister (Matth. xx. 28); let the haughty hear, that The beginning of all sin is pride (Ecclus. x. 13).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment
Cross-references · 29
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.13.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 73.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 73.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 73.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 73.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.13.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.18.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.18.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.1.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.13.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.13.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.18.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.18.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.18.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.13.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.1.