Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Proverbs 30:16

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 367, footnote 10 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4443 (In-Text, Margin)

... turns a man out of doors, and so will a contentious woman drive a man from his own house. She floods his house with her constant nagging and daily chatter, and ousts him from his own home, that is the Church. Hence the same Solomon previously commands: “My son flows forth beyond.” And the Apostle, writing to the Hebrews, says “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things spoken, lest haply we flow forth beyond.” But who can hide from himself what is thus enigmatically expressed?[Proverbs 30:15-16] “The horseleech had three daughters, dearly loved, but they satisfied her not, and a fourth is not satisfied when you say Enough; the grave, and woman’s love, and the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that saith not, Enough.” The ...