Proverbs 1:29
Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam, et timorem Domini non susceperint,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐμίσησαν γὰρ σοφίαν, τὸν δὲ λόγον τοῦ κυρίου οὐ προείλαντο,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- תַּ֭חַת כִּי שָׂ֣נְאוּ דָ֑עַת וְיִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לֹ֣א בָחָֽרוּ
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyprian Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews, Testimony III
In Isaiah: “Hear, O heaven, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken; I have begotten and brought up children, but they have rejected me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not perceived me. Ah sinful nation, a people filled with sins, a wicked seed, corrupting children: ye have forsaken the Lord, and have sent that Holy One of Israel into anger.” In the same also the Lord says: “Go and tell this people, Ye shall hear with the ear, and shall not understand; and seeing, ye shall see, and shall not perceive. …
St Clement of Rome The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, Chapter LVII
Ye therefore, who laid the foundation of this sedition, submit yourselves to the presbyters, and receive correction so as to repent, bending the knees of your hearts. Learn to be subject, laying aside the proud and arrogant self-confidence of your tongue. For it is better for you that ye should occupy a humble but honourable place in the flock of Christ, than that, being highly exalted, ye should be cast out from the hope of His people. For thus speaketh all-virtuous Wisdom: “Behold, I will bring forth to you the words of my Spirit, and I will teach you my speech. …