Holy Scripture
Proverbs 2:14
A church father on this verse
“For seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: If you had known, even you. This he did once, when he announced that the city would perish. This our Redeemer never ceases to do daily through his elect, when he considers that certain people have passed from a good life to wicked ways. For he mourns those who do not know…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14Who rejoice in evils, And delight in wicked perverseness;
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12To deliver thee from the evil way, And from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.
13Alas for those who forsake right paths, To walk in ways of darkness;
— Proverbs 2:14 —
15Whose paths are crooked, And their courses winding;
16To remove thee far from the straight way, And to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,