“First the righteous fail, then the truth is diminished. Not only is there no truth among the righteous, there is no holiness among honest people. Now, since the righteous have failed, truth is diminished. Perhaps the poverty of righteous people is the reason why so many heresies have shot up.”
Evagrius Ponticus, 4th c. — NOTES ON THE PSALMS 11[12].2
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2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
— Psalms 12:2 —
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?