Holy Scripture
Proverbs 1:27
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
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.
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25But ye set at nought my counsels, And disregarded my reproofs;
26Therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; And I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:
— Proverbs 1:27 —
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.
29For they hated wisdom, And did not choose the word of the Lord: