Besa The Copt

In his own words on Proverbs

• Proverbs 14:1

  And it was also said, "A wise woman builds a house, but the foolish will destroy it with her hands." This means that the wise woman encourages her neighbor in the fear of God and the love which is in her heart toward her sister and her sisters. But, on the other hand, the foolish woman will destroy them by her words full of bitterness, hatred, wickedness and scorn, even as it is written, "A rod of scorn is in the mouth of the foolish," and that means you.

  FRAGMENT 29, LETTER TO ANTINOE 2:3-4

• Proverbs 24:27

  It is a day of shouting and the trumpet. It is a day of grief and sighing for those who have not prepared their works well for the way, which means for their departure out of the body, so that they might meet God profitably.

  SERMON 3, ON THE PUNISHMENT OF SINNERS 10:2