“They send men away naked, taking away their garments, who have no covering in the cold. As garments cover the body, so do good works the soul. Whence it is said to one, Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. So Heretics, when in the minds of any they destroy g…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVI
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7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
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5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
— Job 24:7 —
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.