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1Prov 5:1
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1377C…matters, but to flee from the narratives of foolish men. Ps. CXVII, 85. — "The transgressors told me of babblings, but not according to your law, O Lord." Prov. V, 1. — "Apply your mind to the words of the… OrigenesPG 16:1307…Notes and various readings for Chapter IV of Proverbs. V. 1. A., understanding. S., prudence. Drusius. V. 3. A., S., Th… OrigenesPG 16:1311…Because he had no discipline. | 23. He shall err in his folly. | He shall be deceived by his own folly. | Notes and various readings on Chapter V of Proverbs. V. 1. Theod., and wisdom etc. Drusius. V. 2. Aq., Sym., Theod.… OrigenesPG 16:1335…sing child. Sporting. 32, 33. 34. 35. For he that findeth me shall find life. 36. He injures his soul. Notes and various readings on Chapter VIII of Proverbs. V. 1. Behold wisdom shall cry out, etc. From the Roman editi… OrigenesPG 16:1339…the way of understanding. 7. ... 12. ... 18. Raphain. And in the depths of hell are his invited guests. Notes and various readings for Chapter IX of Proverbs. V. 1. A, Σ., 'He hewed out.' Thus the Roman edition and Drusius,… OrigenesPG 16:1363…sure. 23. He shall call it folly. 24. (The hand) cut off. Into tribute. 26. Abundant against the just. Notes and various readings for Chapter XII of Proverbs. V. 1. A., S., Th., “loves knowledge.” Thus the Roman edition and… OrigenesPG 16:1371…abomination, moreover, of the senseless is to recede from evil. 20. He shall be afflicted. 22. 24. 25. Notes and various readings on Chapter XIII of Proverbs. V. 1. ‘A., Σ., Θ. A wise son. Thus the Roman edition and Drusi… OrigenesPG 16:1387…ar that hears the reproof of life shall dwell in the midst of the wise. 33. And humility precedes glory. Notes and various readings on Chapter XV of Proverbs. V. 1. Σ., "A soft answer" etc. Thus the Roman edition and Drusiu… OrigenesPG 16:1407…of his lips he shall be satisfied. 21. And those who love her. 22. He shall find good. Benevolence. Notes and various readings on Chapter XVIII of Proverbs. V. 1. A., S., into desire. Roman Edition and Drusius, from whom… OrigenesPG 16:1419…ied thing. 27. A lamp. 28. They shall preserve. 29. Their strength. Gray hairs. 30. The wales of wounds. Notes and various readings on Chapter XX of Proverbs. V. 1. A., Th., A mocker is wine, etc. The Roman Edition and Drus… OrigenesPG 16:1431…2. 23. For the Lord will debate his cause, and will pierce those who pierced him. 24. 25. Offence. 29. Notes and various readings on Chapter XXII of Proverbs. V. 1. A., Th., chosen. This reading and all others of this chapt… OrigenesPG 16:1451…songs to a bad heart. 23. It shall bring forth rain. 27. And the investigation of their glory is glory. Notes and various readings on Chapter XXV of Proverbs. V. 1. LXX, "these are proverbs," etc. Thus, the Roman edition an… OrigenesPG 16:1455…red in desolation, his malice shall be manifest in the assembly. The expulsion. ⟦alt-version omitted⟧ Notes and various readings on Chapter XXVI of Proverbs. V. 1. Symmachus, Theodotion, "he did not turn." From the Roman e… OrigenesPG 16:1463…⟦original-script column: see facsimile⟧ Notes and various readings on Chapter XXVII of Proverbs. V. 1. A., Σ., Θ., day. All the readings of this chapter come fro… OrigenesPG 16:1483…30. Before anyone. 31. A cock girt about the back. 32. 33. And the wringing of wrath brings forth blood. Notes and various readings on chap. XXX of Proverbs. V. 1. 'A., and so forth. The Roman edition and Drusius, from who… OrigenesPG 16:1491…he Lord shall be praised. 51. Of the fruit of her hands. And her works shall praise her in the gates. Notes and variant readings for chapter XXXI of Proverbs. V. 1. A., etc. Thus the Roman edition and Drusius, who also brou…
2Prov 5:2
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1775B…nd things similar to them, it gives to this young or new boy, of whom we spoke above, the sense of obedience. But when it says: "Do not attend to a bad woman" (Prov. V, 2), and again: "Do not fix your eye upon… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1319A…of Ammon, and for Astarte, the abomination of the Sidonians; and thus he did for all his strange women; and they burned incense and sacrificed to their idols. Prov. v, 2. — Pay no heed to a wicked woman. For h… OrigenesPG 16:1295…Notes and various readings on Chapter II of Proverbs. V. 2. A., Σ., Θ., of attending, etc. Drusius. Ibid. A., you shal… OrigenesPG 16:1327…des his liver. Until the arrow passes through his liver. 26. And all the strong. And all the strongest. Notes and various readings on Chapter VII of Proverbs. V. 2. A., Σ., Θ., and tēxi. These and all the other readings o… OrigenesPG 16:1395…e brings about evil. VULGATE LATIN. Biting with his lips, he brings about evil. AQUILA. Plucking. Notes and variant readings on Chapter XVI of the Proverbs. V. 2. "Another [reading], 'the ways of a man'." This is cited as… OrigenesPG 16:1427…ht shall bring it to him. 28. He shall go into victory. 29. 30. He shall prepare. Against the Lord. Notes and various readings for chap. XXI of the Proverbs. V. 2. Σ., Θ., He shall prepare. Thus the Roman edition and Drusi… OrigenesPG 16:1439…ke. AQUILA. 28. 29. Gratis. Equal. 30. 33. 34. And you shall be as one who sleeps. 35. I shall awake. Notes and various readings for chap. XXIII of Proverbs. V. 2. A. (Aquila), and you shall place, etc. This reading and th… OrigenesPG 16:1467…artaker. 25. A wide spirit stirs up contention. 27. A multitude of curses. 28. They shall be hidden. Notes and variant readings on chapter XXVIII of Proverbs. V. 2. A, Th, many are their princes. Of this chapter also, all t…
3Prov 5:3
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1805Cit meets with the end of a more bitter sorrow. Perhaps the interpreter had read anadoseis, or something else of the sort. Similar is the place in Solomon, Prov. V, 3: Pros kairon lipainei sōn pharynga, hy… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1021C…is, it is found to be evil in the bitter digestion of the eating, according to the introductory word which says that "honey drips from the lips of wickedness" (Prov. v, 3), which for a time lubricates the throa… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:147…m the lips of a harlot woman, which for a time fattens thy gullet, but afterward thou shalt find it more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword (Prov. 5:3-4).… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:535C…flows from her lips, which for a time will be sweet to your throat, but afterwards you will find it more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword (Prov. 5:3-4). For this is a kind of disease and wic… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:781C…ps from the lips of a harlot woman, which for a time anoints thy throat, but afterwards it is found more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword" (Prov. 5:3-4). If hunger for the heavenly bread has… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:425…fornication. But do the gestures of a harlot seem pleasant to you? I know it, too; for the Scripture says this: Honey drops from the lips of a harlot woman (Prov. V, 3). For this cause I do all these things,… OrigenesPG 16:1299…0. Do not contend. 30. Do not contend. 30. Do not litigate. 31. Do not emulate. 31. Do not emulate. 31. Notes and various readings on Chapter III of Proverbs. V. 3. Aq., Mercy and Truth. Drusius. Ibid. Aq., bind them. Idem.… OrigenesPG 16:1347…8. Expectation of the righteous. 29. . . . in the simple. 30. You shall not stumble. 32. They shall know. Notes and various readings on Chapter X of Proverbs. V. 3. Symm., Theod., he shall not hunger. Instead of "strife," t… OrigenesPG 16:1415…risoribus. Derisoribus. And blows for the back of fools. Et mallei percutientes stultorum corporibus. Notes and various readings on chap. XIX of the Proverbs. V. 3. A., Σ., shall scatter. The Roman edition and Drusius,… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:215D…ps from the lips of a harlot, which for a time fattens your throat; but afterward you will find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword" (Prov. 5:3, 4). Poison is hidd…
4Prov 5:4
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:809…are as a dropping honeycomb and her throat is smoother than oil but her end is bitter as wormwood but what is the end when namely you begin to discern between true wisdom and the feigned… OrigenesPG 16:1443…not fight with the wicked. 20. A lamp. 21. 23. To know. 26. 27. 28. Be not. 32. 33. For sleeping. Notes and various readings on Chapter XXIV of Proverbs. V. 4. Aq., and with knowledge. We borrow the readings of this ch…
5Prov 5:5
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1167A…ure carries one upward, but evil drags down him who delights in evil; just as Solomon also declared, that "The feet of folly lead those who use it into Hades" (Prov. v, 5). The same. By Babylon, the devil is s… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:377C…epths of Hades. TIT. V. De filio sapiente. Prov. X, 1. — "A wise son gladdens his father." Prov. XVII, 21. — "A prudent son gladdens his mother." Prov. V, 5, 4. — "The wise son is saved from heat.…
7Prov 5:7
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1087B…est and good wife, you will lead a life free from pain. SERMON XXXIV [al. CXXIV]. On wicked women and adulteresses, and those filled with every vice. Prov. 5, 7. Do not set your mind upon a wicked wom…
8Prov 5:8
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:505A…away from the beginning; which the author of Proverbs advises concerning a harlot, saying: Depart, do not linger, and do not approach the gates of her house (Prov. 5:8). This I also say to you regarding the…
12Prov 5:12
OrigenesPG 16:1485…merriment, And stretch out your hand with a fight, 33. If you press your nostrils, blood will come out. Notes and various readings on Chapter XXX of Proverbs. V. 12. "Another, and from filth they did not wash off." This inte…
13Prov 5:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:309…from our youth even unto this day he says we have sinned and have not obeyed the voice of the lord our god we have sinned and have not obeyed those who repent and have begun…
14Prov 5:14
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:405…and in him is fulfilled what is written i have almost been in all evil in the midst of the church and the synagogue therefore since he is in reality a samaritan on account of his…
15Prov 5:15
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1015…om the Greek of Basil: "When the lender and the debtor met together, the Lord makes an inspection of both." A different passage from the same book of Proverbs 5:15 excuses this place: "Drink water from your cisterns." Pluta… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1173B…is the interest. But it is possible to say also to him who receives the loan: "Drink water from your own vessels, and from the fountains of your own springs" (Prov. v, 15); that is, do not go to the springs of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:149…d a harlot woman at that. For this reason, that wise man advises again, saying: Drink waters from thine own vessels and from thine own wells of a fountain (Prov. 5:15 ff.); and again: Let a loving doe and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:621A…e signify wives: where he teaches that a man ought to remain with his own wives, saying: "Drink water from your vessels, and from the fountains of your wells" (Prov. 5. 15). If, therefore, the wells are understo… OrigenesPG 16:1493…gates. THEODOTION. 28. And they pronounced her blessed. 29. 30. 31. From the fruit of her hands. Notes and variant readings to chapter XXXI of Proverbs. V. 15. Theodotion, and syntax. We referred it to pethil, to whi…
16Prov 5:16
OrigenesPG 16:1329…titude of gifts. She cast him out. 22. 23. Until the arrow shall pierce his liver. 26. Innumerable are. Notes and various readings on Chapter VII of Proverbs. V. 16. A., Th.: peristromasim periēstrōsa, "I have spread… OrigenesPG 16:1401…the senseless. 22. And a spirit compunctious. 23. 24. 25. And bitterness. 26. 27. 28. Muzzling... Notes and various readings on Chapter XVII of Proverbs. V. 16. "He who makes high... he shall fall." Another, "he shall l…
17Prov 5:17
OrigenesPG 16:1389…multitude of counselors he shall stand. 26. And pure. 27. 29. 30. 31. 33. And before glory is humility. Notes and various readings on Chapter XV of Proverbs. V. 17. The others, and love. So says one Royal codex. V. 31. "He…
18Prov 5:18
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1265…the spirit which is not granted into the hands of the unbelieving and rejoice with the wife of thy youth and rejoice with the wisdom which has been joined to thee from the very beginning of… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:241C…a woman, and if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door: let my wife be a harlot to another." — Prov. XIX, 14. — "A woman is joined to a man by the Lord." — Prov. V, 18, 19. — "Rejoice with the wife of thy yo… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:251A…ents not be burned? Or shall any one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he who goes in to a woman married to a husband will not be innocent.» Prov. V, 18. — «Abstain from strange water, and dri…
19Prov 5:19
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:149…ers from thine own vessels and from thine own wells of a fountain (Prov. 5:15 ff.); and again: Let a loving doe and a foal of thy graces converse with thee (Prov. 5:19), speaking such things concerning a wom… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:59B…es this. For when he had said, "Let the crow of friendship and the colt of thy graces converse with thee, and let the fountain of thy water be for thee alone" (Prov. 5:19), he interpreted why he said these thin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:195A…ot ruin Joseph, nor make him slack, nor fill him with madness and pride? "A hind of friendship," he says, "and a foal of your graces let it converse with you" (Prov. V, 19). Beauty is also a bond of marriage, so… OrigenesPG 16:1457…ed. 23. [Lips] burning. 24. By his lips the hater shall be known. 26. 27. 28. But a smooth mouth. Notes and various readings on Chapter XXVI of Proverbs. V. 19. S., A man of deceits. Perhaps read better dolose agens
21Prov 5:21
Polycarp of Smyrna c. 69–c. 156PG 5:1011…he would forgive us we ought also to forgive a for we are before the eyes of the lord and god and all must stand before the judgment seat of christ and each must give an… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:371A…the debtor meet, the Lord observes them both" (Prov. 29. 13). And, "For the ways of a man are in the sight of the eyes of God, and He observes all his paths" (Prov. 5. 21). He also commemorates His judgment, sa… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1233…the proverbialist make straight paths for thy feet and direct thy ways for the ways of man are before the eyes of god and he considers all his paths thus disposed we shall live a straight… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:953B…has a pure heart, and is indeed seen as such. For Solomon also says somewhere: "The ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and He considers all his paths" (Prov. v, 21). He calls the time of the capture "the… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2661…and this too is of god alone for it is written that the ways of man are before the eyes of god and he watches all his paths therefore he rightly gave the keys of heaven… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1587…a froward mouth and put away far from you unjust lips because the ways of man are before the eyes of god c the apostle also says to the hebrews for the earth which drinks the… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1817…christ that he forgive us we ought also to forgive for we are before the eyes of the lord likewise let the deacons also be blameless before his righteousness as ministers of god and of christ…
22Prov 5:22
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1429…from their sins and have received the forgiveness thereof; for Jesus does not sit upon those who remain bound and constrained by the "reins of their own sins" (Prov. v, 22). According to Mark and Luke, however,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:327…hich is the bond of perfection" (Col. 3:14). There is also a bond contrary to this, just as when it is said, "Each one is bound by the chains of his own sins" (Prov. 5:22). Christ also, hinting at this, was say… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:723C…m. 11. Let the groaning of the prisoners enter into your sight. Not prisoners in iron, but made in sin; for each one is bound by the chains of his own sins (Prov. 5:22). He asks for this groaning to enter in… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1149D…ity hates his own soul." (Ps. x, 6) "Sins diminish tribes." (Prov. xiv, 28) "Iniquities ensnare a man, and each one is bound by the chains of his own sins." (Prov. v, 22)…
29Prov 5:29
OrigenesPG 16:1441…search for mixtures? 33. 34. And thou shalt be as one sleeping. 35. They applauded me. I shall awake. Notes and variant readings on chapter XXIII of Proverbs. V. 29. The Hebrew word ḥaklîlî is an epithet of the eyes. Gen.…