Sirach 39:16

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus IV.75Book IV

  “And do not say, What is this? or Wherefore is that? for everything shall be sought out in its season.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ecclus. xxxix. 21, and 16, 17.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.3Conference XXIII

  “And to support this illustration by the authority of Scripture, does not Scripture declare of all things in general which were created by God, and say: “And behold everything that God had made was very good;” and again: “And things that God hath made are all good in their season”?” — editor's note: Gen. i. 31; Ecclus. xxxix. 16.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 7

  “Which can be seen in this Psalm, if any one with a pious mind, by the Lord’s help, distinguish between the rewards of the righteous and the penalties of the sinners, how that in these two the whole creation, which God made and rules, is adorned with a beauty wondrous and known to few.” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxix. 14, 15, 16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 119

  “This is not the confession of sins, but of praise; as He also saith in whom there was no sin, “I will confess unto Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth;” and as it is written in the Book of Ecclesiasticus, “Thus shalt thou say in confession, of all the works of God, that they are very good.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxix. 15, 16.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XI.5Book XI

  “Yet neither is it altogether dissimilar: for what is there that has not a likeness of God, in proportion to its kind and measure, seeing that God made all things very good, and for no other reason except that He Himself is supremely good?” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxix. 16

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• Isaiah 30:26

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.3.

• Luke 10:41

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.3.

• Luke 10:42

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.3.

• Romans 1:20

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.3.

• Romans 12:2

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XI.5.

• Genesis 1:31

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.3.

• Genesis 3:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XI.5.

• Psalm 102:27

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.3.

• Psalm 102:28

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.3.

• Psalm 104:14

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.75.

• Psalm 104:15

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.75.