Where the Fathers quote Ecclesiastes 10

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Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:421expounds v.8“ο ορυσσων βοθρον εις αυτον εμπεσειται και καθαιρουντα φραγμον δηξεται αυτον οφις.”Meaning of «He who digs a pit will fall into it» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:424expounds v.9“εξαιρων λιθους διαπονηθησεται εν αυτοις, σχιζων ξυλα κινδυνευσει εν αυτοις.”Meaning of Ecclesiastes: «He who splits wood is in danger by them, if the iron falls off, and he has troubled his face and will strengthen his powers, Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:627C…ole lump» (Gal. V, 9), and one thief brings disgrace upon an entire nation (Prov. XXIX, 12), and «dead flies cause the composition of aromatic oil to putrefy» (Eccl. X, 1), and when a king pays heed to an unjus… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1289A…ate, and he shall put on unfeigned judgment as a helmet; he shall take holiness as an invincible shield.› Eccl. VII, 5. — ‹Do not appear wise before the king.› Eccl. X, 1. — ‹A wise judge shall instruct his peo… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1291B…hangs over the powerful: the powerful shall be mightily tormented. › Eccl. viii, 3. — ‹ Gold has destroyed many, and has turned aside the heart of a king. › Eccl. x, 3. — ‹ An unwise king will destroy his pe… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:797A…e contrary spirit from one’s thoughts. For so also the wisdom of God says: "If the spirit of one having power should ascend upon thee, do not leave thy place" (Eccl. X, 4). The place, therefore, is to be held,… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1503A…ude. But one must not assent to the phantasms, for it is written: "If the spirit of the one having power should ascend against you, do not abandon your place" (Eccl. X, 4). Indeed, the consent to these things i… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:767A…he beauty of His form. Therefore, the most wise discourse, safeguarding her soul, says: "If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place" (Eccl. X, 4); lest, if the thought of the power ris… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:461D…re impudent, and one who is already pricked at heart might be swallowed up by more abundant sorrow. For, he says, Medela (a healing) will settle great sins. (Eccl. X, 4). Let fasting cure drunkenness; let a p… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:93…nd through mere thoughts, knowing what is written: “If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place; for a remedy will quiet great sins” (Eccl. 10:4). “Behold, then, the Lord God of hosts… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:509…divinely inspired scripture says if the spirit of the one having power rise up against thee leave not thy place for health shall cause great sins to cease b for such passions when cut short and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:879…for it is written if the spirit of him that hath power rise up against thee leave not thy place because a cure shall make great sins to cease vers who among you will give ear… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:771…saying if the spirit of him who desires to rule over thee rise up against thee leave not thy place for yielding pacifies great sins he is called monorchis one testicled who is an effeminate man… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1093…he says viii verse if the spirit of him who has power rise up against thee leave not thy place because a cure will make great sins cease he exhorts us in no way to give… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1095…is necessary not to consent to the phantasms for it is written if the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee leave not thy place for the consent to these things is a rival to… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:925C…ye enter not into temptation' (Matth. XXVI, 41). And the Preacher says: 'If the spirit of the one having power rise up against thee, leave not thy place' (Eccle. X, 4). The place of the mind is virtue, and… Isaac of Nineveh c. 613-c. 700PG 86:835D…confident in God, manfully set the beginning of walking along the way which is full of fatness: "Lest you ever appear needy and naked of the knowledge of God" (cf. Eccle. x, 4); for he who is timid and who waits for… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:13A…o that as in a common infirmary for souls, we may all—each of us—select the remedy for our own affliction. For the remedy, he says, "will suppress great sins" (Eccl. 10:4). In short, it is a common storehouse o… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:459…seems to me fitting to apply to them that saying of solomon there is an evil which i have seen under the sun a man who appears wise in his own eyes and what is worse… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:545…but delivers them to eternal punishment d vers there is an infirmity which i have seen under the sun riches kept for their owner to his hurt and those riches perish in an evil occupation all… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:551…h chapter vi h a vers there is an evil which i have seen under the sun and it is frequent among men a man to whom god will give… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:597…you and trample you underfoot a verses there is an evil that i have seen under the sun as it were a non spontaneous departure from the face of the ruler the fool is set in… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1465…rich from usury or from injustices thus declares there is a grievous evil which i have seen under the sun wealth kept… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1805…he eat little or much and he adds there is an infirmity which i have seen under the sun keeping riches to the hurt of their owner and those riches perish by an evil occupation and… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:955…is the worst then ecclesiastes says iii vers there is a languor which i have seen under the sun riches guarded to his own hurt by the one who guards them and those riches shall perish… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:967…of future goods then the wise ecclesiastes says v cap vi vers there is an evil which i have seen under the sun and it is great upon man a man to whom god shall give… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1095…struck with scourges and wounded then the wise ecclesiastes adds ix vers there is an evil which i have seen under the sun as an error that proceedeth from the face of the ruler folly is… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:411…spareth gifts excitethe a strong anger eccli v there is a languor which i have seen under the sun riches kept to the hurt of the owner thereof and those riches shall perish in an evil… OrigenesPG 16:2997…e erred"; involuntarie, i. e., he sinned through error and imprudence. Thus, the noun is rendered everywhere by the LXX as akousion, as in Num. xv, 23, 24; Eccl. x, 5, and elsewhere. Drach.] V. 2. Aλ… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:435…unjustly shall be vomited forth from solomon there is a great infirmity which i have seen under the sun riches kept by their owner to his own hurt from sirach he who gathers by his own… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:873…the bowels of the impious know not how to pity eccles v there is an evil which i have seen under the sun wealth kept for the hurt of its owner and that wealth shall perish… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1095…set in great dignities and the rich shall sit in low place i have seen servants upon horses and princes walking as servants upon the earth the meaning of the words is plain and here too… Pope Fabian d. 250 (pope 236-250)PG 10:197…upon his own head and the deceitful wound will divide the wounds he that diggeth a pit shall fall into it and he that setteth a stone for his neighbor shall stumble on it and he… Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1097…the ungodly is given in his stead and again he who digs a pit shall fall into it and he who rolls a stone rolls it upon himself and again all things return into the bosom… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:597…unstable worldly things to that stable heavenly blessedness verse he who digs a pit shall fall into it this passage belongs entirely to mystical interpretation for it does not always happen in history that he who… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1099…warred upon walk in humility then says the ecclesiastes b x vers he that diggeth a pit shall fall into it and whoso breaketh an hedge a serpent shall bite him whoso removeth stones shall be… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1523…a eccli xxvii he who digs a pit shall fall into it and who sets a trap shall be caught in it he who does evil things shall be overwhelmed… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1531A…ll fall into it; and he who rolls a stone, it shall return to him." Prov. xxix, 5. — "A man who prepares a net before his friend, wraps it about his own feet." Eccl. x, 8. — "He who digs a pit shall fall into i… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1267…long time thou shalt find it question lxiii what does it mean he that diggeth a pit shall fall into it question lxiv how is that to be understood which was written by ecclesiastes he that… Bartholomew the Apostle 1st c. (fl. c. 33 AD)PG 2:803…do they remain in him and solomon speaks saying he who digs a pit shall fall into it and he who rolls a stone it will return upon him a lying tongue does not love truth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:715C…hed all pride: that modesty extinguished all arrogance. Concerning you, therefore—as it is said in Isaiah regarding our pride: "Why is earth and ashes proud?" (Eccl. 10:9)—consider the Lord bending Himself to t… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1099…into it and whoso breaketh an hedge a serpent shall bite him whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby if the iron be blunt and he do… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:673A…the medicine while he is still alive. For having said, "Why is earth and ashes proud?" he adds, "Because in his life his inward parts have become abominable" (Eccl. 10:10); by "inward parts" he means the bowels… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1099…be hurt therewith and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby if the iron be blunt and he do not whet the edge then must he put to more strength but wisdom is profitable to… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1541…and he who hates talkativeness will lessen evil the ecclesiastes also declares the words of a wise man's mouth are grace but the lips of a fool will swallow him up for the beginning of his… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:981B…Cor. xiv, 20.—Do not become children in your minds, but in malice be babes; yet in mind be perfect. The heart of the fool is a pain to him who possesses it. Eccl. x, 12.—The lips of a fool will cast him down.… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1215B…not speak in the ears of a fool, lest perhaps he mock your wise words." Eccle. VII, 7 — "As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools." Eccle. X, 12 — "The lips of a fool will cast him dow… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:599…man are grace and the lips of a fool shall drown him the beginning of the words of his mouth is folly d and the end of his error is evil and the fool shall multiply… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1105…and contradiction of the mindless indicating these he added again xiii vers the beginning of the words of his mouth is folly and the last of his mouth is wicked circumlocution and the fool multiplies words… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:981…it eccl x the lips of a fool will cast him down the beginning of the words of his mouth is insipience and the end of his mouth is worst error prov xvi a foolish man… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:799…its master eccli x the lips of the imprudent will submerge him the beginning of the words of his mouth is imprudence and the extremity of his mouth is evil error prov xvi an imprudent man… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1405…r. X, 5: Kai pan hypsōma epairomenon kata tēs gnōseōs Theou [And every height exalting itself against the knowledge of God]. Finally, it is said in Ecclesiastes X, 14: Archē hyperēphania hamartias [The beginning of sin is pr… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:105B…hat is worse than this madness? What is more fanatical than this arrogance? A certain wise man well said that the beginning of pride is not to know the Lord (Eccl. 10:14). The devil would not have been brought… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:471B…se things, princes succeeding others, the goods of the rich confiscated. Many tyrants have sat on the throne, whereas he whom no one suspected wore the diadem [Eccl. x, 14?]. Are they not like wheels? Read, if y… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1111…for he says the labor of fools will afflict him who knew not how to go to the city for having attained a mind that was as it were lofty through much labor and toil and… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:789D…beginning of all rightly performed actions is also from God. For to those words of Ecclesiastes: “Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is the son of free men” [Eccl. 10:16]; you will find it noted in Book IX, §… Isaac of Nineveh c. 613-c. 700PG 86:865B…tain other things to be shown to him who is a novice and in the state of childhood. It is written indeed: Woe to the city whose king is a child or too young (Eccle. X, 16). Whoever has subjected himself for God… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1291A…ii, 16. — ‹ A king lacking in resources is a great extortioner. › Prov. xxix, 12. — ‹ Should a king listen to an unjust word, all his subjects are lawless. › Eccl. x, 16. — ‹ Woe to thee, O city, whose king is… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:829A…insult those who were entangled in them, but that I may proclaim the virtue of the blessed man. "Woe to thee, O land," says Scripture, "whose king is a child" (Eccl. X, 16); which indeed I once heard from the Sc… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:793A…Job xx, 15. — Riches unjustly gathered shall be vomited up. Prov. xix, 1. — Better is a poor man who is righteous than a rich man who is a liar. Eccl. x, 19. — Money answers everything. Sirach xx… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1207A…e is impious who says to a king, 'You do unjustly.' He is impious who has not reverenced the face of an honorable man, nor knows how to render honor to them." Eccl. x, 20: "In your knowledge do not curse the ki… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1291C…ll not revile the gods, and you shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people. › Job xxxiv, 18. — ‹ He is impious, who says to a king: You act unjustly. › Eccl. x, 20. — ‹ In your knowledge, do not curse th… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:999…not curse a rich man in the more secret part of your bedchamber for a bird of the air will carry your voice and one who has wings will report your speech isai xxxii behold a… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1401A…"Do not afflict a servant who works in truth. Let your soul love a sensible servant, and do not deprive him of his liberty." Eccle. x, 28. — "Free men will serve a sensible serv… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:873D…nors, honors himself"? Deservedly; for he does not honor him, but himself. Hear a certain wise man saying: "Make honor for your soul according to its dignity" (Eccl. 10:31). According to its dignity, what is thi…