Holy Scripture

Proverbs 4:2

A church father on this verse
“It must be noted, that he names the law a good gift, on account of the man who takes gifts into his bosom unrighteously. And he forsakes the law who transgresses it; the law, namely, of which he speaks, or which he has kept.”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments

Source: Septuagint

Original

2For I give you a good gift; Forsake ye not my law.

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In context

1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding.

— Proverbs 4:2 —

3For I also was a son obedient to my father, And loved in the sight of my mother:

4Who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thy heart, Keep our commandments, forget them not:

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