Sirach 5:6 (WEB)
Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Chrysostom
““For according to His mercy, so is His wrath.”” — editor's note: [St. Chrys. may have had in mind the latter part of the verse just cited, Ecclus. ii. 18 , “for as His majesty is; so is His mercy,” and combined it with the…
Read the whole comment“To stop whose mouths a wise man says, “Say not, His mercy is great, He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins; for mercy and wrath come from Him, and His indignation resteth upon sinners” ( Ecclus. v. 6 ): and again, “As His mercy is great, so is His correction also.” ( Ecclus. xvi. 12.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“From this carelessness and ruinous security the Holy Spirit recalls us, when He says by the prophet, “My son, do not add sin upon sin, and say, The mercy of God is great ;” and, “Knowest thou not that the patience of God inviteth thee to repentance?”” — editor's note: Ecclus. v. 5, 6.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
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Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.14.