“"If I think I have attained purity in my actions, I will be proved perverse in my words. If I am found blameless in my words, I will be reproached for my actions." In the same manner, if one is righteous in his actions and proclaims that loudly with ostentatious words, his mouth commits impiety, because he has fallen…”
Hesychius of Jerusalem, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON JOB 12.9.20
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20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
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18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
— Job 9:20 —
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.