“All the righteous, our fathers, in all that they did were victorious through faith, as the blessed apostle also testifies about them all, "They prevailed by faith." Solomon also said, "Many men are called merciful, but who can find a faithful man?"”
Aphrahat the Persian Sage, 4th c. — DEMONSTRATIONS 1:16
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6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
— Proverbs 20:6 —
7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.