Tobit 4:15 (WEB)
And what you yourself hate, do to no man. Don’t drink wine to drunkenness, and don’t let drunkenness go with you on your way.
Catechism · 1
“Some rules apply in every case: - One may never do evil so that good may result from it; - the Golden Rule: "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 7:12; cf. Lk 6:31; Tob 4:15.
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“Inasmuch as the hand of our Maker in our very hearts hath written this truth, “That which to thyself thou wouldest not have done, do not thou to another.”” — editor's note: Tob. iv. 15.
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Clement of Alexandria
“This Scripture has briefly showed, when it says, “What thou hatest, thou shalt not do to another.”” — editor's note: Tob. iv. 15.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together with
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in Catechism §1789.
Cited together in Catechism §1789.
Cited together in Catechism §1789.
Cited together in Catechism §1789.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
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The golden rule in its negative form in Tobit's counsel to his son.
The golden rule.