Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 78:57

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 251, footnote 6 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 3494 (In-Text, Margin)

... device. It is not I but an apostle who says: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked.” “Man looketh upon the outward appearance but the Lord looketh upon the heart.” And in the proverbs Solomon tells us that as “the north wind driveth away rain, so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.” It sometimes happens that an arrow when it is aimed at a hard object rebounds upon the bowman, wounding the would-be wounder, and thus, the words are fulfilled, “they were turned aside like a deceitful bow,”[Psalms 78:57] and in another passage: “whoso casteth a stone on high casteth it on his own head.” So when a slanderer sees anger in the countenance of his hearer who will not hear him but stops his ears that he may not hear of blood, he becomes silent on the ...