Ecclesiasticus 37:16
Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- cujus anima est secundum animam tuam, et qui, cum titubaveris in tenebris, condolebit tibi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine On Continence, Section 3
3. Lastly, to show more plainly the inner mouth, which by these words he meant, after having said, “Set a watch, O Lord, to my mouth, and a door of Continence around my lips,” he added straightway, “Cause not my heart to fall aside into evil words.” The falling aside of the heart, what is it but the consent? For he hath not yet spoken, whosoever in his heart hath with no falling aside of the heart consented unto suggestions that meet him of each several thing that is seen. But, if he hath consented, he hath already spoken in his heart, although he hath not uttered sound by the mouth; although he hath not done with hand or any part whatever of the body, yet hath he done what in his thought he hath already determined that he is to do: guilty by the divine laws, although hidden to human senses; the word having been spoken in the heart, no deed having been committed through the body. …