Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Proverbs 14:7
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 355, footnote 6 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
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... misfortunes overwhelm him, and sorrow holds sway. For “Much peace have they that love Thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.” But of those who shift about according to the character and changes of the several chances which happen to them, we read: “But a fool will change like the moon.” For just as it is said of men who are perfect and wise: “To them that love God all things work together for good,” so of those who are weak and foolish it is declared that “everything is against a foolish man,”[Proverbs 14:7] for he gets no profit out of prosperity, nor does adversity make him any better. For it requires as much goodness to bear sorrows bravely, as to be moderate in prosperity: and it is quite certain that one who fails in one of these, will not bear up ...