Sirach 2:12 (WEB)
Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways!
Fathers and councils · 3
John Chrysostom
“That is, without hypocrisy; for “woe be to a fearful heart, and faint hands” ( Ecclus. ii. 12 ): let there be (he means) no falsehood among us; let us not say one thing and think another; for this is falsehood; neither let us be fainthearted, for this is not [a mark] of a “true heart.”” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
““With deceitful lips in a heart and a heart have they spoken evil things.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. ii. 14, Vulgate (ii. 12, English version).
Read the whole comment““Woe to the double-hearted,” to those who in their hearts give part to God and part to the devil.” — editor's note: Ecclus. ii. 12.
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