Holy Scripture

Proverbs 14:10

A church father on this verse
“The heart that knows the bitterness of its soul, etc. The elect have bitterness of soul as long as they are deferred from eternal joys; and the wicked, when they are afflicted by perverse desires. But the elect, because they walk in the light, foresee how their bitterness is to be changed into such great joy. But the…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs

Source: Septuagint

Original

10If a man’s mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; And when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.

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8The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; But the folly of fools leads astray.

9The houses of transgressors will need purification; But the houses of the just are acceptable.

— Proverbs 14:10 —

11The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; But the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand.

12There is a way which seems to be right with men, But the ends of it reach to the depth of hell.

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