Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Proverbs 17:3
There are 2 footnotes for this reference.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 8, page 222, footnote 5 (Image)
Basil: Letters and Select Works
The Letters. (HTML)
To the Senate of Samosata. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 2600 (In-Text, Margin)
For had not this affliction come to pass, your proof under trial would never have been known. To all that earnestly strive for any good, the affliction they endure for the sake of their hope in God is like a furnace to gold.[Proverbs 17:3]
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 63, footnote 12 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
The Works of Sulpitius Severus. (HTML)
The Doubtful Letters of Sulpitius Severus. (HTML)
Letter II. A Letter of Sulpitius Severus to His Sister Claudia Concerning Virginity. (HTML)
Chapter XI. (HTML)
... remains that we should learn what it is to be pure also in spirit; i.e. that what it is unlawful for one to do in act, it is also unlawful for one even to imagine in thought. For she is holy, alike in body and in spirit, who sins neither in mind nor heart, knowing that God is one who examines also the heart; and, therefore, she takes every pains to possess a mind as well as a body free from sin. Such a person is aware that it is written, “Keep thy heart with all diligence”; and again, “God loveth[Proverbs 17:3] holy hearts, and all the undefiled are acceptable to him”; and elsewhere, “Blessed are those of a pure heart; for they shall see God.” I think that this last statement is made regarding those whom conscience accuses of the guilt of no sin; ...