Where the Fathers quote Sirach 36

4 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 of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1317A…grace of a woman will delight her husband, and her understanding will make fat his bones. Eccli. xxxvi, 24. — « The beauty of a woman gladdens… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:81B…ccli. xi, 2. — « Do not praise a man for his beauty. » Eccli. xxvi, 22. — « A lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, a beautiful face upon a stable age. » Eccli. xxxvi, 24. — « The beauty of a woman gladdens her… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:251B…⟧ Eccl. XXIII, 22. — «A hot soul, like a burning fire, will not be extinguished until it consumes: and the man who is a fornicator in the body of his flesh.» Eccl. XXXVI, 27. — «Where there is no woman, he who wan… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:79B…into the house of the thief, and it will settle in the midst of his house, and it will consume it. And every thief will be punished from thence unto death. » Eccli. xxxvi, 28. — « Who will believe a nimble thief le…