Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Proverbs 16
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 2, page 293, footnote 12 (Image)
Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, Clement of Alexandria
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Wisdom pronounces anger a wretched thing, because “it will destroy the wise.”[Proverbs 16] And now He bids us “love our enemies, bless them that curse us, and pray for them that despitefully use us.” And He says: “If any one strike thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one take away thy coat, hinder him not from taking thy cloak also.”