Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Fili mi, ne effluant hæc ab oculis tuis. Custodi legem atque consilium,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Υἱέ, μὴ παραρυῇς, τήρησον δὲ ἐμὴν βουλὴν καὶ ἔννοιαν·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בְּ֭נִי אַל יָלֻ֣זוּ מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ נְצֹ֥ר תֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗ה וּמְזִמָּֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews 1.6-8
Why then ought we “to give more earnest heed”? “Lest at any time,” saith he, “we should let them slip”, that is, lest at any time we should perish, lest we should fall away. And here he shows the grievousness of this falling away, in that it is a difficult thing for that which hath fallen away to return again, inasmuch as it hath happened through wilful negligence. And he took this form of speech from the Proverbs. For, saith he, “my son [take heed] lest thou fall away” ( Prov. iii. 21 , LXX.), showing both the easiness of the fall, and the grievousness of the ruin. That is, our disobedience is not without danger. And while by his mode of reasoning he shows that the chastisement is greater, yet again he leaves it in the form of a question, and not in the conclusion. …