Sirach 32:10 (WEB)
Lightning speeds before thunder. Approval goes before one who is modest.
Fathers and councils · 3
Gregory the Great
“Before thunder shall go lightning, and before ruin shall the heart be exalted (Ecclus. xxxii. 10); where, on the other hand it is subjoined, Before glory it shall be humbled.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Hence through a certain wise man it is said, Young man, speak scarcely in thy cause; and if thou hast been twice asked, let thy answer have a beginning (Ecclus. xxxii. 10).” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore also some one saith, “Before a shamefaced man shall go favor.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxii. 10.
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