Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Proverbs 6:20

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 87, footnote 3 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John, Bishop of Jerusalem. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1281 (In-Text, Margin)

6. Oh! the madness and folly of those who have forsaken the teaching of the book of Proverbs, “My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother,”[Proverbs 6:20] and have turned to error, and say to the fool that he shall be their leader, and do not despise the foolish things which are said by the foolish man, even as the scripture bears witness, “The foolish man speaketh foolishly, and his heart understandeth vanity.” I beseech you, dearly beloved, and by the love which I feel towards you, I implore you—as though it were my own members on which I would have pity —by ...