Sirach 25:9 (WEB)
Happy is he who has found prudence, and he who speaks in the ears of those who listen.
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“He had read the saying of Jesus: “Well is him that speaketh in the ears of them that will hear;” and he knew that a pleader only succeeds in proportion as he impresses his judge.” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxv. 9.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“If we, or any learned and prudent man, were to say this to them, and try by degrees to cleanse them from their error, it would be sowing upon rocks, and speaking to ears of men who will not hear: so far are they from being even wise enough to perceive their own ignorance.” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxv. 9.
Read the whole comment“For either we shall have spoken in the ears of them that will hear, and our words will bear some fruit, namely an advantage to you (since the Sower soweth the Word upon every kind of mind; and the good and fertile bears fruit),…” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxv. 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the same place: “Blessed is he who findeth a true friend, and who speaketh righteousness to the listening ear.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxv. 9.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.96.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.96.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.96.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.96.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.96.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.96.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.96.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.96.