Sirach 10:15 (WEB)
The Lord plucked up the roots of nations and planted the lowly in their place.
Fathers and councils · 3
“For, “The root of all evils is avarice;” and again it is said, “The beginning of all sin is pride.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 15.
Read the whole comment“And that apostatizing pride, which is called “the beginning of sin,” whereas it might have been most excellently governed by the laws of God, if it had followed Him as its ruler in the universal creature, by seeking something…” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 15
Read the whole comment“What is “put forth,” but “threw afar off”?” — editor's note: Ecclus. x. 14, 15.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.9.