Holy Scripture
Job 33:17
A church father on this verse
“That He may withdraw man from the things that he has done, and may deliver him from pride. For what has man done of himself but sin? And it is written, Pride is the beginning of all sin. It is rightly said, then, that when man is withdrawn from what he has done, he is freed from pride. To transgress the commands of ou…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17To turn a man from unrighteousness, And he delivers his body from a fall.
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In context
15sending a dream, Or in the meditation of the night (As when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, In slumberings on the bed):
16Then opens he the understanding of men: He scares them with such fearful visions:
— Job 33:17 —
18He spares also his soul from death, And suffers him not to fall in war.
19And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, And the multitude of his bones is benumbed.