“Hence he adds, Yea, thou castest off fear, and hast taken prayer before God. 'Taken' means 'taken away;' as if he said in plain terms, 'Presuming on Thine own righteousness, thou scornest to implore the grace of Thy Creator.' For when heretics do not find real evils to urge against the good, they feign things to repro…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XII
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4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
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2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
— Job 15:4 —
5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.