Sirach 7:13 (WEB)
Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good.
Fathers and councils · 2
“For what is written in another place, “Wish not to use every lie;” they say is not of force for this, that a person is not to use any lie.” — editor's note: Ecclus. vii. 13 μὴ θέλε ψεύδεσθαι πᾶν Ψεῦδος, noli velle mentiri omne mendacium. “Use not to make any manner of lie,” E.V. “Every” is used for “any.”
Read the whole comment“But ordinary phraseology would not have allowed the saying, “Be unwilling to make any manner of lie,” had there not been also an evil will, whose wickedness separates if from that which the angels celebrated, “Peace on earth, of good will to men.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. vii. 13.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in The City of God XIV.8.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.8.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.8.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.8.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.8.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.8.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.8.