Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Proverbs 24:9
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 4, page 547, footnote 1 (Image)
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... For had they believed him to whom they hearkened, they would not have denied the Lord, Who spake by Moses, when He was present. Not so did the eunuch in the Acts, for when he heard, ‘Understandest thou what thou readest?’ he was not ashamed to confess his ignorance, and implored to be taught. Therefore, to him who became a learner, the grace of the Spirit was given. But as for those Jews who persisted in their ignorance; as the proverb saith, ‘Death came upon them. For the fool dies in his sins[Proverbs 24:9].’