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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1265expounds v.28“ειπε δε ανθρωπω· ιδου η θεοσεβεια εστι σοφια, το δε απεχεσθαι απο κακων εστιν επιστημη.”174. On the statement «Behold, the fear of God is wisdom»
3Job 28:3
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1843…shattered the iron bars broke the chains of them led them out of darkness and the shadow of death gathered them from the regions from the rising of the sun and the setting from the north… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:961…and he delivered them from their necessities and he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their bonds but each of us even if he is small and even if he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1459…habitation a city of habitation is the knowledge of god sitting in darkness and the shadow of death bound in poverty and iron in that the lord is light he leads us out of darkness in… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1547…soul is one destitute of virtues and knowledge and brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death etc insofar as the lord is light he leads us out of darkness insofar as he is… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:921…of their iniquity they were brought low but he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and hath broken their bonds in sunder these things are said indeed concerning the redemption from death… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1323…empty soul and filled the hungry soul with good things sitting in darkness and the shadow of death bound in poverty and iron because they provoked the words of the lord and stirred up the counsel… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:449…good things with the intelligible bread that is to say sitting in darkness and the shadow of death you would not be wrong if you called the shadow of death idolatry and the deeds done in… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1125…h de titulis psalmorum psal cvi h sitting in darkness and the shadow of death a bound in poverty and iron because they rebelled against the words of god and they provoked the… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:471…from that which is truly life for he says those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death bound in poverty and iron bound indeed for he was unable to move away from evil held fast… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:667…and he saved them from their necessities and he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their bonds for he pitied both these and those snatched the former from impending evils… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1739…and filled the hungry soul with good things those who sat in darkness and the shadow of death bound in poverty and iron b he liberated the jews who were joined to servitude and misery and… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:55…bring with it the memory of calamities but when he adds let darkness and the shadow of death receive it he prays that the evils which have happened to us through the devil might return upon… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:681…he snatched from the hand of invisible enemies and from the regions of darkness and the shadow of death he gathered from the east and the west from the north and the sea from the desert… Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1053…have shown me the short path of truth having led me out of darkness and the shadow of death and having turned my feet ps from the slippery deadly most crooked and winding path ps you… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1061…already been expounded by us above vers and he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death these words have also been explained by us above and he broke their bonds that is the… OrigenesPG 16:459…and of this chapter and he himself found every end the stone of darkness and the shadow of death the division of the torrent from the ashes are marked with asterisks in the same latin edition…
12Job 28:12
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:233…of uri with wisdom and many things can be said concerning wisdom and where is the place of understanding and where is wisdom found a whether then this celebrated wisdom says i wisdom have dwelt in… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1085…god or knows where it is thus verse whence then cometh wisdom and where is the place of understanding and he answers man knoweth not the way thereof and verse it is hid from the eyes…
14Job 28:14
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:105A…tablished? For Scripture knows how to personify many inanimate things, as in the passage: “The sea said thus and thus.” And, “The abyss said: It is not in me” (Job xxviii, 14); and, “The heavens declare the glory o… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:575…it says the sea said this and that and the abyss said it is not in me and the heavens c declare the glory of god and again a sword is ordered to act and mountains… OrigenesPG 16:455…things into the light it is found its value the abyss says it is not in me and the sea says it is not with me pure gold shall not be given for it nor shall… OrigenesPG 16:457…was found the rest it shall be found b the abyss said it is not in me and the sea said it is not with me gold shall not be given c in exchange for it…
15Job 28:15
OrigenesPG 16:455…in me and the sea says it is not with me pure gold shall not be given for it nor shall silver be weighed as its price it shall not be valued with the gold of…
16Job 28:16
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:775A…. walking in the footsteps of the abyss, for [it is] to the intellectual [faculty] within us, just as the cloud is to the sun—and what is meant [by this], Job XXVIII, 16, with Elias indicating the source, f. 2… OrigenesPG 16:455…it nor shall silver be weighed as its price it shall not be valued with the gold of ophir with the precious onyx and the sapphire gold and crystal shall not equal it nor shall an…
19Job 28:19
OrigenesPG 16:455…shall not be mentioned and the acquisition of wisdom is above pearls the topaz of ethiopia shall not equal it nor shall it be valued with pure gold it is hidden from the eyes of all…
20Job 28:20
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:233…son of uri with wisdom and many things can be said concerning wisdom and where is the place of understanding and where is wisdom found a whether then this celebrated wisdom says i wisdom have dwelt… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1085…seen the wisdom of god or knows where it is thus verse whence then cometh wisdom and where is the place of understanding and he answers man knoweth not the way thereof and verse it is…
21Job 28:21
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1085…understanding and he answers man knoweth not the way thereof and verse it is hid from the eyes of all living that is and at length he concludes he declared it what is it that the… OrigenesPG 16:455…it nor shall it be valued with pure gold it is hidden from the eyes of all living and it is hidden from the birds of the air original script column see facsimile in the cliffs…
24Job 28:24
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:465…anointed with fragrant ointment signify the divine teaching which traveled with glory to the ends of the earth for their sound has gone out into all the ends of the earth and if i do not… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1403…using a certain voice indicated his own height to men removing wars to the ends of the earth he shall crush the bow and smash the weapon and burn the shields in fire etc it is… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:541…no longer over israel alone but at once over all men even to the ends of the earth he says therefore and he shall stand and shall see and the lord shall shepherd his flock in… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:267…and they shall know that god rules over jacob and to the ends of the earth stripped of all glory he says they shall know by deed that you are the lord of jacob… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 37:1563…perished for christ has held all things gathering them from the ends to the ends of the earth with his own hands which he once stretched out upon the glorious cross but if because god also… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1159…the ends of the earth will be understood more simply thus up to the ends of the earth will your doctrine obtain power with the gospel being preached d up to the ends of the earth… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1205…has placed as prodigies upon the earth making wars to cease even to the ends of the earth he shall crush the bow and he shall shatter the weapon s and he shall burn the shields… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:523…ver according to your name o god so also is your praise to the ends of the earth just as your name he says has been proclaimed and has reached to the ends of the earth… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:899…thought by the unlearned to be contrary to god and thy possession to the ends of the earth those who bear thy holy name shall swear by thee thou shalt rule them with a rod of… Anonymous (2nd century) 2nd centuryPG 5:1399…for there are two hands because also there are two peoples dispersed to the ends of the earth but there is one middle head because there is one god who is over all and through all… OrigenesPG 16:885…a lie consume in fury consume that they may not subsist b to the ends of the earth let them turn back at evening let them tumultuously assemble as dogs going about the city wandering that… OrigenesPG 16:3007…shall be from sea even to sea and from the river even to the ends of the earth a s and he shall speak peace to the nations and his authority from the sea to the…
26Job 28:26
OrigenesPG 16:529…paths of hail frost south wind and who prepared a violent stream for the rain and a way for the tumults to make it rain upon the earth where there is no man upon the desert…
28Job 28:28
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:167…churches it is said had peace were built up and walked in the fear of the lord that is to say they were growing and had peace truly peace among themselves deservedly so for an external… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:831…there is a certain herb that purges the filth of garments so the fear of the lord that is holy that is to say that makes one holy if it falls into the human mind wipes… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1263…memory makes those who possess it understanding it makes them understanding in the fear of the lord that is in the action of the commandments for the beginning it says of wisdom is the fear of… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1025C…is reason the book of the athlete of piety, Job, also says somewhere: “God said to man: Behold, piety is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding” (Job XXVIII, 28). Let us, therefore, with all our might… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:439…the lord through contemplation and not in any manner whatsoever but in the fear of the lord that is in the performance of the commandments for he who seeks the lord by contemplation without action does… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1243…it seeks the lord through contemplation and not simply so but in the fear of the lord that is in the practice of the commandments for he who seeks the lord through contemplation without practice does… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:223…Job xxviii, 28. — “Behold, piety towards God is wisdom… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:351D…, 6. — “Saul said to the Cinite: Go and depart from the midst of the Amalecite, lest I involve you with them. And the Cinite departed, and Saul struck Amalec.” Job xxviii, 28. — “To abstain from evils is knowledge.… OrigenesPG 16:1813…nations were scattered the wealth of your salvation is wisdom and knowledge the fear of the lord that is your treasure cried out vehemently angels of peace shall weep bitterly he lamented speaking he shall dwell…