Where the Fathers quote Job 31

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Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:619A…it is possible to live chastely without involvement? Observe what Job says: I have made a covenant with my eyes, that I should not think upon a strange woman (Job XXXI, 1). He recognized the power of this decep… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:61C…ward the part of adoption, becomes his own lawgiver; such was Job, both doing and saying: "I made a covenant with my eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin" (Job 31.1). And what was the covenant? That they,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:501A…ne who looks with curiosity at a virgin’s face, to escape the harm which arises from that. On this account he said: And I will not fix my mind upon a virgin (Job 31:1). 5. But if Job seems small to you for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:293…, but also set a law for his eyes, so that they might not look upon the face of a virgin, lest perhaps her beauty might radiate into his mind and captivate it (Job 31:1): yet who would not wonder and be aston… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:567B…his eyes for the sake of lust. Who testifies to this? Job himself: I made, he says, a covenant with my eyes, so that I would not even think about a virgin (Job 31:1). He shows that he has brought the stud… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:925A…he windows of your eyes, so that you may say with the most chaste Job: I made a covenant with my eyes, that I should not conceive a thought against a virgin (Job 31. 1). Also: If I have coveted the field of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:483…ity? Do you wish also to learn about chastity? "I have made a covenant," he says, "with my eyes, that I should not even think about a strange virgin" (Job 31:1). What Christ later coming prescribed, he executed in deed.… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:735C…e shall be convicted by Job, a man surpassing all praise, who uses these words: "I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I should not even think upon a virgin" (Job xxxi, 1). If he deems him who crushed the power… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:489…not followed my heart [Job XXXI, 7], but also, which is greater than that, that he had made a covenant with his eyes not by any means to look upon a virgin [Job XXXI, 1]; and he so avoided speaking with a wom… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1475C…the hungry. They have not walked the path of justice, nor have they progressed in her byways. Having known their works, he has delivered them into darkness." Job XXXI, 3. — "Woe and perdition to the unjust."… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:437D…o flee the company of the wicked and of those who are so slothful. And Job also in the order of virtue puts this down, saying: If I have walked with mockers (Job 31. 5). But this one shows himself not even s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:483…ee how he showed himself toward his children, toward his servants, toward those who suffered wrong, toward orphans? "If I have gone with the mockers" (Job 31:5), he says; that is, neither did I seek these associations,… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:477C…ferings—Deut. xxiii, 24; Levit. v, 20; Num. xviii, 6; Eccle. xi, 13, and elsewhere passim—as opposed to doron in the profane and human sphere: Gen. xxiv, 53; Job xxxi, 7; Dan. xi, 39; 1 Par. xvi, 2, 6, etc. Th… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:489…e by it, that he chose it as a companion in life and one who would dwell with him, and could boldly say with Job, not only: My eye has not followed my heart [Job XXXI, 7], but also, which is greater than that,… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1161B…that passage of the Hebrews [in truth/Hebrew: in veritate] is indeed a strong affirmation. And thus the Hellenists are wont to speak. You have an example in Job 31, 8: "And I said, Is not the time of the sp… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:567B…as temperate and admirable, whose deeds we have undertaken to relate; who says: If my eye has followed another woman, may my wife be pleasing to another man (Job 31:9-10). Esau associated with many women, boil… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1493D…er; for the fury of wrath is uncontainable in defiling a man's wife; for it is a fire consuming all parts: whoever it attacks, it destroys from the very root" (Job XXXI, 9-12). Moreover, the blessed Paul, writing… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:735A…a small whip so that it proceeds along the straight path. For he who thinks well has grasped everything. SERMON III On purity and chastity. Job xxxi, 9. — If my heart followed after the wife… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:241C…ause she was taken out of man. Wherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh." — Job XXXI, 9. — "If my heart hath been deceived upon… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1039A…σα μετὰ συνεδρίου ματαιότητος, “I have not sat with the assembly of vanity,” where the Hebrew word is that which elsewhere the LXX translate as ἔργα ἀνόμων, Job XXXI, 11, “the works of the lawless.” Here, too,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:511A…ariance with me. For what shall I do, when the Lord makes a visitation? Were not they also made, as I was in the womb? And were we not made in the same womb? (Job XXXI, 13-15). Blessed are the meek, for they shall… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:39C…aid: "What if I even despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they were litigating with me? Or did they not, even as I was, exist themselves?" (Job 31:13). And this, therefore, is also injustic… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:579D…innocence: "I did not reject judgment with my servant and my handmaid when they disputed against me. I will give an answer to God. Was he not formed as I am?" (Job 31:13–15). He [God] grants the power of litigati… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:483A…when they contended with me. For what shall I do when the Lord makes visitation? Are not they as I was in the womb, and did not they form us in the same way?" (Job XXXI, 13–15). Do you see a contrite soul, and o… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:515…abundance saying if i have despised the judgment of my manservant or my maidservant when they contended with me was i not made as i am in the womb and were they not also made c… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:319D…d not murmur; so philosophical were they. For he took care of them as of himself; and nearly, as Job said: In like manner were we fashioned in the same womb (Job XXXI, 15). Domestic Care. It is necessary that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:577A…nder out of their teeth" (Job 29. 15-17). The helpless, whatever need they ever had, did not go disappointed, nor did anyone leave my door with an empty bosom (Job 31. 16, 34). Do you see the different kinds of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:571…open to all strangers. For hear one of them saying: If I have suffered any man who was in need, or any poor man to go out from my house with an empty bosom (Job 31:16); furthermore, the impotent were not de… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1441…good also to call to mind job for he saith if i have eaten my morsel myself alone and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof for from my youth i nourished them as a father and… OrigenesPG 16:2743…reproach of the nations therefore c thus saith the lord adonai behold i have lifted up my hand against the nations which are round about you they shall receive their own contempt but you o mountains… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:419B…ced when many riches flowed to me, if I have set gold as my strength, if I have placed my trust in precious stones, if I have put my hand to countless things (Job 31.24–25). What do you say, man? You did not rej… Theophanes of Nicaea d. c. 1381PG 150:307…joyment" (1 Tim. VI, 17). For the righteous man himself says: "If I have put my trust in precious stone, or if I have rejoiced because much wealth came to me" (Job XXXI, 24-25). And a little further on: "If also, wh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:295D…to those in need. And what is greater: he did not even rejoice in present things, as he declares, saying: If I have rejoiced that there were many riches to me (Job XXXI, 25); and therefore he did not grieve when… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:395B…how he despised wealth: "If I have rejoiced, when many riches abounded to me; if I have thought gold to be dust, or have placed my trust in a precious stone" (Job XXXI, 25, 24). Therefore he was not troubled eve… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:483D…himself from these also with great excess. Wherefore he used to say: "If I have rejoiced when my wealth was great, and if I have trusted in a precious stone" (Job XXXI, 25–26). Wherefore when these were taken from… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:637…i have also trusted in a precious stone or if i have rejoiced because my wealth was great for this reason when the riches were taken away he bore it with great ease and when they… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:425B…iv, 19: “Lest perhaps, raising your eyes to heaven, you see the Sun and Moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you worship them”; and Job xxxi, 26, 27: “If I saw the Sun when it shone, a… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:637B…Or by the introduction of a Greek form. But Or is pure and unadulterated Hebrew, or (אור), which signifies light, and is also used for the sun itself in Job xxxi, 26, and also in Job xxxvi, 30; and in Isai… Theophanes of Nicaea d. c. 1381PG 150:307…tone, or if I have rejoiced because much wealth came to me" (Job XXXI, 24-25). And a little further on: "If also, when I put my hand to my mouth, I kissed it" (Job XXXI, 27)—that is, if I praised my own deeds wit… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:511A…l inherit the earth (Matt. V, 4). But what was meeker than that man, of whom his servants used to say: Who can give us of his flesh, that we may be filled? (Job XXXI, 31). So fierce were they in their love for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:579…others and to his own servants; they, showing a great proof of their love for him, used to say, "Who would give us of his flesh, that we might be satisfied?" (Job XXXI, 31). If he was so dear and lovable to serv… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:259D…ved that they were eager to be admixed with his flesh; for to show their ardent love, they said: "Who would give us of his flesh, that we might be satisfied?" (Job 31:31). Which Christ also did, leading us int… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:203D…showing the love of the servants who were around him, said that those who loved him vehemently said: "Who would give us of his flesh, that we may be filled?" (Job xxxi, 31). So also Christ gave us His flesh that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:483C…but ascending to the very summit itself. "If my maidservants have often said, Who would give us of his flesh, that we might be satisfied? when I am very kind" (Job XXXI, 31). Here he recounts the most vehement lo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:157B…became at once both rich and poor, and handled both weapons, and in both he prevailed. And when he was rich, he said: "My door was open to everyone who came" (Job 31:32); when he became poor, he said: "The Lo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:503B…a foot to the lame, I was a father to the needy" (Job XXIX, 15, 16). Behold wealth without sin, but with love for the poor. "My house was open to every comer" (Job XXXI, 32). This is the ministry of riches, of th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:147D…iches, not only did not seize the goods of others, but even gave away his own and created a harbor for strangers, saying: My door was open to every stranger (Job 31:32). Abraham, too, although he possessed s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:483…says, "My door was open to every comer. For the infirm were not deprived of my help: the stranger did not go forth from my door with an empty bosom" (Job 31:32, 34). Did you see the generosity? Did you see the humanity,… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1455C…from your brother (ibid.). I command you to love the sojourner, and to give him bread and clothing (Deut. x, 19). My door was open to everyone who came (Job xxxi, 32). Those who were weak did not go un-ne… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:389A…he street.' And he brought him into his house, and unloaded the donkeys, and threw fodder for his beasts, and they washed their feet, and they ate and drank." Job xxxi, 32. — "A stranger did not lodge outside; m… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:511A…void of this virtue either. Hear what he says: For if I had sinned willingly, I would have dreaded the crowd of the people, so as not to declare my iniquity (Job XXXI, 33, 34). Furthermore, he who was so affect… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1663A…deed I have sinned voluntarily, I have hidden my sin; for I did not fear the great multitude of the city, so as not to confess and divulge it in their sight.» (Job XXXI, 33-34). And in the Acts, Peter said to the mu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:659C…o the others, so too he did with the confession of sins, when he said: "If I have sinned willingly, I have feared the multitude, so as not to declare my sins" (Job 31:34). The sense of these words is this:…