Sirach 28:25 (WEB)
so make a balance and a weight for your words, and make a door and a bar for your mouth.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“Henceforward let us set “a door and a bolt before the mouth.” ( Ecclus. xxviii. 25.)” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“But for whom was it written, unless it was for each one of us: “Hedge thy possession about with thorns, and bind up thy silver and gold, and make a door and a bar for thy mouth, and a yoke and a balance for thy words”?” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxviii. 24, 25.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.3.