Holy Scripture

Ecclesiastes 11:10

A church father on this verse
“Put sorrow far from thy flesh, and sadness from thy thoughts; save only that for thy sins thou shouldst be constant in sadness. Cease not from labour, not even though thou be rich, for the slothful man gains manifold guilt by his idleness.”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — Homily - On Admonition and Repentance

Source: Septuagint

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10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, And put away evil from thy flesh: For youth and folly are vanity.

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8For even if a man should live many years, And rejoice in them all; Yet let him remember the days of darkness; For they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart blameless, But not in the sight of thine eyes: Yet know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

— Ecclesiastes 11:10 —

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