Where the Fathers quote Ecclesiastes 8

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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:237C…e you have God as your approver. And when God approves, He will certainly subject your husband to you as well. For if the wisdom of a man illuminates his face (Eccl. 8: 1), much more does virtue illuminate the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:507C…But that brings you nothing for the beauty of the soul. Be beautiful in mind, and you will be lovable in body. "The wisdom of a man will illuminate his face" (Eccle. VIII, 1). Yet wisdom is of his soul. Nothing pr… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1207A…ir will carry your voice, and he who has wings will report your speech." Prov. xxiv, 21: "Fear God, my son, and the king, and do not disobey either of them." Eccl. viii, 2: "Observe the mouth of the king, and go… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1289A…, but a wise man will appease it.› Prov. XIX, 12. — ‹The threat of a king is like the roaring of a lion. For as dew is upon the grass, so is his pleasantness.› Eccl. VIII, 2. — ‹Observe the mouth of the king.› Isa… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1291B…for a most severe judgment will be held for those who are in charge, and a strong inquiry hangs over the powerful: the powerful shall be mightily tormented. › Eccl. viii, 3. — ‹ Gold has destroyed many, and has t… George Kodinos fl. c. 1453–1460PG 157:549D…ve, therefore, that in Codinus also, for "Lesbos" should be written "Lemnos." LAMB. (76) When he was about to found. Nicephorus Callistus refers to this, Hist. Eccl. 8, 4. LAMB. (77) To the forum. Add from Zos… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:655…ou bring a deeper incision upon us with great authority. I feel the distress first, since I myself am liable to sins. For "we are all in corrections" (Eccl. VIII, 6), and "no one shall boast he has a pure heart" (Prov. XX, 9… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:219A…Eccl. xxii, 25. — “He that casteth a stone at birds, shall lessen them: and he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship.” Eccl. viii, 6. — “Reproach not a man that turneth awa… OrigenesPG 16:1541…for every matter there is a time and judgment that the knowledge of man is great upon him that as it shall be who shall announce it to him and there is no release in the… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:577…power over the spirit to restrain the spirit and there is no power in the day of death the meaning of spirit b is widely applied for the soul is called spirit and the wind the… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1047…the spirit so as to restrain the spirit and there is no power in the day of death and there is no release in the day of war and wickedness shall not save him who is… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:347…about them saying a man will not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor in seeking he will not find it he also condemns the… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:687…speaks word for word as follows and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is grievous to me for all is vanity and a striving of spirit and i hated all… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:691…that life saying word for word and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is evil unto me for not for another he says but for myself have i become evil… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:683…of god that a man shall not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor to seek he will not find it which it is fitting… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:501…works of each shall follow him and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is evil upon me for all is vanity and choice of spirit for this reason the wise… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:523…they which hath not yet been who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun he counts the dead more blessed than the living why because the just have finished their labors… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:577…might have faith in his words and i applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun that i might see all things that man has potently wrought upon man to afflict him… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:583…of god that a man shall not be able to find the work that is done under the sun how much so ever a man shall labour to seek and he shall not find yea and… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:899…he who has not yet been who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun for the love of riches alienates the covetous man from the counsels he has accepted and leads… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:901…two who has not yet been who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun b by this he does not call him good who has by no means come into existence… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1047…it and all this i saw and i gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun which man has done by his power over man so as to afflict him the wise… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1049…added and i saw all this and i gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun not indeed of those things made by god the creative cause of all things clearly but… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1063…god that a man shall not be able to find out the work that is done under the sun for they neither knew nor understood but walked in the darkness of their own blindness saying to… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1115…who has not yet been born who has not known all the work that is done under the sun eccle vi all the labor of man is for his mouth eccle iii what more has a… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:525…works of god because man will not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor to seek he will not find and whatever a wise man… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:579…vanity because there is no contradiction to those who do evil quickly therefore the heart of the sons of men has been filled in them to do evil this he says is what increased and confirmed… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:585…et posteriora ipsius ad mortuos vers quoniam quis communicat ad omnes viventes the heart of the sons of men is filled with malice wandering hither and thither and they do not cease to be weary until… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1053…verse because there is no contradiction made against those who do evil therefore the heart of the sons of men is speedily filled in them to do evil as much as he has sinned from then… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1065…under the sun that there is one happening to all and indeed the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil and madness is in their heart in their life and after this to… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1067…the nature of things which is indicative of all injustice a yet the heart of the sons of men being filled with extreme malice and with restless and irrational wandering slips away and is brought down… OrigenesPG 16:1539…holy place because they had acted thus because sentence is not executed therefore the heart of the sons of men is full in them to do evil because the sinner does evil a hundred times and… OrigenesPG 16:1541…did so that there is no contradiction occurring on account of this the heart of the sons of men was fully assured in them to do evil he who sinned did evil from then and from… OrigenesPG 16:1547…just and for the impious in everything that is done and also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil and madness is in their hearts in their lives and after this to… OrigenesPG 16:1549…the righteous and to the ungodly in everything that is done and the heart of the sons of man was filled with evil and a rotation in their heart in their life and after them towards… OrigenesPG 16:1551…ibid jerome brings forward the full passage of symmachus thus but also the heart of the sons of men is filled with malice and wantonness according to their heart in their life and their final things… OrigenesPG 16:1553…of this passage according to symmachus stands thus from jerome but also the heart of the sons of men is filled with malice and procacity according to their heart in their life which latin words seem… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1055…do the contrary to these he immediately added b xv vers for i know that it shall be well to them that fear god who fear before him and it shall not be well to the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:511…commanded moses and he made the breastplate a woven work with variety according to the work of the ephod of gold and hyacinth and purple and scarlet twisted and byssus twisted it was square he made… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:839…not have as much iron as it is worth but is appraised according to the work of the tool but he who buys a thing so that he may profit by giving that same thing whole… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:581…be consigned to eternal torments b h there is a vanity that is done upon the earth that there are just men whom it reaches as the work of the unjust i said that this also… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1057…ecclesiastes rashly then the ecclesiastes says h xvi h verse it is vanity which is done upon the earth because there are just men because it comes to them as the act of the impious and… OrigenesPG 16:1543…the wicked and he will not prolong his days and there is vanity which is done upon the earth original script column see facsimile then i commended gladness when i applied my heart to know wisdom… OrigenesPG 16:1545…for the impious and he shall not prolong his days there is vanity which is done upon the earth because it comes upon them as the deed of the impious and there are impious ones what… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:257…for those that dwell before the lord all her merchandise is to eat and to drink and to be filled and for a supply a memorial before the lord namely for the ministers of the altar… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:719…coming and shall begin to strike the menservants and maidservants and to eat and to drink and to be drunk the lord of that servant shall come in the day that he hopeth not and at… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:531…those who dwell before the lord all her merchandise shall be to eat and to drink and to be filled to satiety as a memorial before the lord h by a just judgment god as i… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:547…all his labor which he labors under the sun the number of the days of his life which god has given him for he gave him riches and substance and the power to eat thereof and… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:581…that there is no good for man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be joyful and this itself will accompany him in his labor during all the days of his life… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:961…then iv i saw that it is good which is comely to eat and to drink and to see good in all his labor in which he may labor under the sun for the number of… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1059…there is no good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry and this same shall be with him in his labor through the days of his life… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1411B…eats. For as if anyone should swallow a hair, so he eats and drinks. When you shall sit down to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is set before you." Eccle. viii, 15. — "There is no good for a man, but wha… John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1243…after it is true that the lord does not forbid us to eat and to drink and to be clothed but to speak of these things and to be anxious this the lord forbids which the… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:581…will be consigned to eternal torments b h there is a vanity that is done upon the earth that there are just men whom it reaches as the work of the unjust i said that this… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1059…god hath given him under the sun in which i gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the distraction that is made upon the earth for both day and night he is not seeing… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1061…these things says b the wise ecclesiastes having considered i gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the distraction which has been done upon the earth in that the wicked and haters of good… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:347…inquire about them saying a man will not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor in seeking he will not find it he also condemns… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:687…he speaks word for word as follows and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is grievous to me for all is vanity and a striving of spirit and i hated… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:691…hates that life saying word for word and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is evil unto me for not for another he says but for myself have i become… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:683…works of god that a man shall not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor to seek he will not find it which it is… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:501…the works of each shall follow him and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is evil upon me for all is vanity and choice of spirit for this reason the… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:523…they which hath not yet been who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun he counts the dead more blessed than the living why because the just have finished their labors… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:577…have faith in his words and i applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun that i might see all things that man has potently wrought upon man to afflict him and… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:583…works of god that a man shall not be able to find the work that is done under the sun how much so ever a man shall labour to seek and he shall not find yea… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:899…he who has not yet been who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun for the love of riches alienates the covetous man from the counsels he has accepted and leads… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:901…two who has not yet been who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun b by this he does not call him good who has by no means come into existence… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1047…and all this i saw and i gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun which man has done by his power over man so as to afflict him the wise ecclesiastes… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1049…and i saw all this and i gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun not indeed of those things made by god the creative cause of all things clearly but those… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1063…the works of god that a man shall not be able to find out the work that is done under the sun for they neither knew nor understood but walked in the darkness of their own… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1115…he who has not yet been born who has not known all the work that is done under the sun eccle vi all the labor of man is for his mouth eccle iii what more has… OrigenesPG 16:1543…gladness when i applied my heart to know wisdom and i saw all the work of god that a man cannot find out the work that is done versio hebraici text and it shall not be… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:525…the works of god because man will not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor to seek he will not find and whatever a wise…