Where the Fathers quote Proverbs 7

23 citations across the Patrologia Graeca — from the printed citations of the English pass; every reference opens the page with its facsimile one tap away. · trace across the Tradition ›

John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1967…the apple of the eye he will say to you in return keep my commandments and live and my words as the apple of the eye… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1319A…n gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. Prov. vi, 26. — A woman hunts the precious souls of men. The throne of dishonor is a woman who hates just things. Prov. vii, 2. — My son, keep my commandments, and yo… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1355A…nts of the Lord.» Ps. cxxxiv, 3. — «Sing ye to His name, for it is good. For Jacob,» etc. Ps. cxlvi, 1. — «Praise the Lord, for a good psalm: to our God,» etc. Prov. vii, 2. — «Honor the Lord, and thou shalt be p… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:211D…also reads this; as appears from his version, where it is: "The commandments and the ordinances of the Lord." Ibid. (11) Upon the tablets of your heart. See Prov. 7:3: "Write them upon the breadth of thy he… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1763…also to join and associate us more familiarly to wisdom he says say unto wisdom thou art my sister and again love her and she shall keep thee then next demonstrating her utility common to all… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:357B…who is prudent in business is an inventor of good things. » Prov. X, 13. — « He who brings forth wisdom from his lips strikes the heartless man with a rod. » Prov. VII, 4. — « Make prudence familiar to yourself… OrigenesPG 16:211…in. 2. () V. 11. "Another, and his knowers." In the notes to the Roman edition and in Drusius. Thus Aquila translates, Lev. xx, 6; Symm. Deut. xvi, 11; A. Th. Prov. vii, 4. Although Theodoret says that "Knowers"… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:727A…ass by, the way. Thus Wisdom in the Proverbs said of the youth deceived by the wicked woman, senseless, passing by the corner of the market, not passing along (Prov. 7. 7–8). 14. The boar out of the wood hath la… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1215B…s a burden; but the anger of a fool is heavier than both." Prov. I, 22 — "Fools desiring arrogance, having become impious, have hated [divine] perception." Prov. VII, 12 — "A fool will perish by a snare." Prov… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:577…at every corner in the streets then taking hold of him she kissed him and with an impudent face she spoke to him i have peace offerings with me today i pay my vows for this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:515A…he same hemlock?—But she does not say: "Come, let us be entwined in love," nor does she say: "I have sprinkled my bed with crocus, and my couch with cinnamon" (Prov. vii. 17). Those others hide the bait at home, b… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:899…erative, where indeed a holy love might be signified. For I find the name erōs used twice in the Old Testament for profane and carnal love: once in Proverbs vii, 18: Come, and let us enjoy friendship until morning; come, an… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1283…both of these and filled them with the filth of sins verse come let us take our fill of love until the morning come then and let us enjoy the irrational things that are sought after… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:695…by this as if by some fiery dart, she be inflamed and kindled toward the images of pleasure. For, he says, you shall be as one wounded in the liver by a dart (Prov. VII, 22). But she must repel from her soul… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:149B…to the saying in Proverbs, "as a deer is rushed, wounded in the liver by an arrow, or as a dog to its chains," not knowing that he is running for his life [Prov. VII, 22-23]. And it does not seem to me that the d… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:465A…no one would rightly blame him for stumbling in the faith, seeing he is a man who neither knows what he says nor about what he asserts, but, as it is written [Prov. 7:22], follows all things as the gull does.… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:901…lxxvii h attend o my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth since the discourse urges us to the understanding of what is set forth the title intellectus understanding is… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:967…psalm lxxvii attend o my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth i will open my mouth in parables i will utter dark sayings from the beginning how great things… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:637…hunts the souls of noble men now therefore my son hear me and attend to the words of my mouth let not your heart decline into her paths and do not wander in the tracks of… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:789…but some of the copies write to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth incline he says simply for submit or for repent from vain things heard unto the evangelical preachings vers… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:627…sometimes in the streets she lies in wait at every corner and her house is the way to hell leading down into the chambers of death and she does not know shame b for she sits… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1287…death by sin vers vi inferni domus illius deducentes ad custodias mortis her house is the way to hades leading down to the chambers of death for the sensory power in which she loves to dwell… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1209…Eustathius of Antioch, vexed by the Arians, III, 802. Words of Eustathius of Antioch, confessor, in Ps. XV, IV, 56. From the sermon on the soul, ibid., 233. In Prov. VII, 57, 134, 234. In Ps. XCII, ibid., 257. In…