Sirach 19:1 (WEB)
A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich. He who despises small things will fall little by little.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“Wherefore, most providently is it written, “He that despiseth small things shall fall by little and little.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xix. 1
Read the whole comment“And so unto that little, adding daily littles (for “he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little”), she contracted such a habit as, to drink off eagerly her little cup nearly full of wine.” — editor's note: Ecclus. xix. 1. Augustin frequently alludes to the subtle power of little things. As when he says,—illustrating (Serm. cclxxviii.) by the plagues of…
Read the whole comment“Yet it would not leap on at once from the commencement to such shameless and miserable fornication, but, as it is written, “He that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xix. 1
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Gregory the Great
“Hence for certain it is written, He that contemneth small things falleth by little and little (Ecclus. xix. 1).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.34.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.34.
Cited together in Confessions IX.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.10.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 37.
Cited together in Confessions IX.8.
Cited together in Confessions IX.8.
Cited together in Confessions IX.8.