Holy Scripture
Proverbs 1:26
A church father on this verse
“The mind fluctuates between hope and despair. It must be feared lest hope slays you; and when you hope for too much from mercy, you fall into judgment. Again, it must be feared lest despair slays you; and when you think that you cannot now be forgiven for grave sins you have committed, you do no penance and you encoun…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
26Therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; And I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:
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In context
24Since I called, and ye did not hearken; And I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;
25But ye set at nought my counsels, And disregarded my reproofs;
— Proverbs 1:26 —
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.
28For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: Wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.