Holy Scripture

Proverbs 4:18

A church father on this verse
“He therefore who keeps away from all bitterness and all the noisome effluvia of the flesh, and raises himself on the aforesaid wings above all low earthly ambitions, or, more than that, above the whole universe itself, will be the man to find that which is alone worth loving, and to become himself as beautiful as the…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — ON VIRGINITY 11

Source: Septuagint

Original

18But the ways of the righteous shine like light; They go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

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16For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: Their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.

17For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, And are drunken with wine of transgression.

— Proverbs 4:18 —

19But the ways of the ungodly are dark; They know not how they stumble.

20My son, attend to my speech; And apply thine ear to my words:

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