“We are not harsh toward the impenitent. They are wicked to themselves, for those that spurn instruction hate themselves. Yet even in such cases we should seek in every way that healing come to those who are so completely perverted as not even to be conscious of their own ills and drunk with a drunkenness more fatal th…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — ON PRAYER 28:7
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32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
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30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
31The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
— Proverbs 15:32 —
33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.