“The sin of all people is not taken away by the Lamb if they neither grieve nor are tormented till it be taken away. For since thorns have not only been sown but have also taken deep root in the hands of everyone who has become drunk because of evil, and has lost sobriety, according to what is said in Proverbs, "Thorns…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 6:297-98
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9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
— Proverbs 26:9 —
10The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.