Holy Scripture

Proverbs 4:26

A church father on this verse
“"Invite the poor," he says, those who are poor in words, so that you can make them rich. Invite "the crippled," those whose minds are injured, so that you can heal them. Invite "the lame," those who limp in their reason, so that they can make "straight paths." Invite the blind, who do not have the faculty of contempla…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — FRAGMENTS ON LUKE 209 (LK 14:12-14)

Source: Septuagint

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26Make straight paths for thy feet, And order thy ways aright.

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24Remove from thee a froward mouth, And put far away from thee unjust lips.

25Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids assent to just things.

— Proverbs 4:26 —

27Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, But turn away thy foot from an evil way: a For God knows the ways on the right hand, But those on the left are crooked: b And he will make thy ways straight, And will guide thy steps in peace.

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