“The Jews in their imaginings, and in their agreeing to act unjustly against the Lord, forgot that they were bringing wrath upon themselves. Therefore does the Word lament for them saying, "Why do the people exalt themselves, and the nations imagine vain things?" For vain indeed was the imagination of the Jews, meditat…”
Athanasius of Alexandria, 4th c. — FESTAL LETTERS 11:5
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8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
— Ecclesiastes 10:8 —
9Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.