Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Proverbs 11:15
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 305, footnote 6 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
The Works of John Cassian. (HTML)
The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X. (HTML)
Conference I. First Conference of Abbot Moses. (HTML)
Chapter XX. About discerning the thoughts, with an illustration from a good money-changer. (HTML)
... evil custom separates us from our strict rule and the system purposed and entered upon, and leads to such loss, that it will never outweigh the harm that will follow, but will cause all our past fruits and the whole body of our work to be burnt in hell fire. Of which kind of illusions it is well said in the Proverbs: “There are ways which seem to be right to a man, but their latter end will come into the depths of hell,” and again “An evil man is harmful when he attaches himself to a good man,”[Proverbs 11:15] i.e., the devil deceives when he is covered with an appearance of sanctity: “but he hates the sound of the watchman,” i.e., the power of discretion which comes from the words and warnings of the fathers.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 306, footnote 1 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
The Works of John Cassian. (HTML)
The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X. (HTML)
Conference I. First Conference of Abbot Moses. (HTML)
Chapter XX. About discerning the thoughts, with an illustration from a good money-changer. (HTML)
... it will never outweigh the harm that will follow, but will cause all our past fruits and the whole body of our work to be burnt in hell fire. Of which kind of illusions it is well said in the Proverbs: “There are ways which seem to be right to a man, but their latter end will come into the depths of hell,” and again “An evil man is harmful when he attaches himself to a good man,” i.e., the devil deceives when he is covered with an appearance of sanctity: “but he hates the sound of the watchman,”[Proverbs 11:15] i.e., the power of discretion which comes from the words and warnings of the fathers.