Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Ecclesiasticus 9:18
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 2, page 253, footnote 2 (Image)
Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, Clement of Alexandria
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“For dreadful in his destruction is a loquacious man.”[Ecclesiasticus 9:18] And it is with triflers as with old shoes: all the rest is worn away by evil; the tongue only is left for destruction. Wherefore Wisdom gives these most useful exhortations: “Do not talk trifles in the multitude of the elders.” Further, eradicating frivolousness, beginning with God, it lays down the law for our regulation somewhat thus: “Do not repeat your words in your prayer.” Chirruping and whistling, and sounds made through the fingers, by which domestics are ...