Sirach 3:21 (WEB)
Don’t seek things that are too hard for you, and don’t search out things that are above your strength.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Seek not the things that are too deep for thee, neither search out the things that are above thy strength: what is commanded thee, think thereupon.” — editor's note: Ecclus. iii. 21, 22.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Therefore, I do not think men ought to be considered pious who presume to investigate this subject, in disobedience to the injunction, ‘Seek not what is too difficult for thee, neither enquire into what is too high for thee.’” — editor's note: Ecclus. iii. 21
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Augustine of Hippo
“Let us, therefore, listen together to the admonition and to the words of Scripture: “Seek not out the things that are too high for thee, neither search the things that are above thy strength.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. iii. 22 (21).
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