Proverbs 3:32
For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- quia abominatio Domini est omnis illusor, et cum simplicibus sermocinatio ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀκάθαρτος γὰρ ἔναντι Κυρίου πᾶς παράνομος, ἐν δὲ δικαίοις οὐ συνεδριάζει.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּ֤י תוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה נָל֑וֹז וְֽאֶת יְשָׁרִ֥ים סוֹדֽוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory the Great The Book of Pastoral Rule, How the simple and the crafty are to be admonished
Let the insincere hear what is written, He that walketh in simplicity walketh surely ( Prov. x. 9 ). For indeed simplicity of conduct is an assurance of great security. Let them hear what is said by the mouth of the wise man, The holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit ( Wisd. i. 5 ). Let them hear what is again affirmed by the witness of Scripture, His communing is with the simple ( Prov. iii. 32 ). For God’s communing is His revealing of secrets to human minds by the illumination of His presence. He is therefore said to commune with the simple, because He illuminates with the ray of His visitation concerning supernal mysteries the minds of those whom no shade of duplicity obscures. …