“"Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who, when she has done the deed of sin, wipeth herself, and will say that no wickedness has been done." Such is the conduct of the Church that believes on Christ, when, after committing fornication with idols, she renounces these and the devil, and is cleansed of her sins and r…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture
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20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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In context
18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
— Proverbs 30:20 —
21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;