Where the Fathers quote Sirach 35

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Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1101…d. The just man does not heed lying lips. The good pleasure of the Lord is to depart from wickedness, and the propitiation is to depart from iniquity (Sirach XXXV, 3). Show, O man, your hatred of evil, by turning away from s… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1239D…abors, and offer to Him first-fruits from your just fruits, so that your storehouses may be filled with grain, and your wine-presses may overflow with wine.” Eccli. xxxv, 4, 5. — “Do not appear before the Lord e… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:501…d for one another even unto death, as he who says clearly shows: A companion sympathizes with his friend unto death, and in the time of war he takes up arms (Eccli. xxxv, 5). Such were those blessed, sincere men,… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1257A…s father will make atonement for sins.» Eccli. iii, 3. «It is the Lord's good pleasure to abstain from injustice, and to abstain from sin is an atonement.» Eccli. xxxv, 5. «If you forgive men their trespasses… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1385A…m. Eccle. iv, 7, 15. — If the just man be overtaken by death, he shall be in rest. Grace and mercy are with his saints, and his visitation is with his elect. Eccli. xxxv, 9. — The sacrifice of a just man is accep… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:409B…. xviii, 16. "A secret gift averts anger." Prov. xxi, 14. "God loves a cheerful giver." II Cor. ix, 7. "In every gift make your countenance cheerful." Eccli. xxxv, 11. The graces of good works return upon… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:85D…a harsh king, Thou didst examine and condemn.” (Sap. XII, 11) “The Lord is judge, and there is no glory of man with Him; He will not receive any person.” (Eccli. XXXV, 12) “It is a fearful thing to fall into th… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:209B…d the stranger and the poor.” Eccli. iv, 10. — “Be as a father to orphans, and as a husband to their mother: and you shall be as the son of the Most High.” Eccli. xxxv, 17. — “He will hear the prayer of the orph… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:645A…sent up to heaven; that is why it was heard on high. As Solomon says: "The voice of the poor man pierces the clouds, and he does not depart until he is heard" (Eccli. 35. 21). And if the poor man suffers violence… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:285D…d they said: Who is this?” ⟦Eccli. xiii, 22.⟧ “The prayer of the humble shall pierce the clouds, and he will not be comforted till the Most High regard.” ⟦Eccli. xxxv, 21.⟧ “Better is the life of a poor man un… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:763D…Shut up almsgiving in your storehouses, and it shall rescue you from all evil, and it shall fight for you against your enemy more than the spear of strength. Eccli. xxxv, 26. — Beautiful is mercy in the time of af…