Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Proverbs 25:11

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8, page 59, footnote 8 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 396 (In-Text, Margin)

... teachers among you, my brethren, and be not all of you prophets.” For “he who does not transgress in word is a perfect man, able to keep down and subjugate his whole body.” And, “If a man speak, let him speak in the words of God.” And, “If there is in thee understanding, give an answer to thy brother but if not, put thy hand on thy mouth.” For, “at one time it is proper to keep silence, and at another thee to speak.” And again it says “When a man speaks in season, it is honourable to him.”[Proverbs 25:11] And again it says: “Let your speech be seasoned with grace. For it is required of a man to know how to give an answer to every one in season.” For “he that utters whatsoever comes to his mouth, that man produces strife; and he that utters a ...