Holy Scripture
Proverbs 1:25
A church father on this verse
“What room is there for just complaint when each suffers according to his deeds? There is this exception which I can easily prove, namely, we never suffer in proportion to our deeds, and God deals with us much more leniently than we deal with him. But, in the meantime, let me [continue].… Thus spoke the Lord himself: "…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
25But ye set at nought my counsels, And disregarded my reproofs;
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In context
23Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, And I will instruct you in my speech.
24Since I called, and ye did not hearken; And I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;
— Proverbs 1:25 —
26Therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; And I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:
27Yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, And your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; And when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, Or when ruin shall come upon you.