“Do you see how holy Scripture knows how to call human only the person practicing virtue and does not think the others are human, calling them instead flesh at one time and earth at another? Hence at this place, too, in promising to list the genealogy of the good person it says, "Noah was a human being." You see, he al…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 23:11
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3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
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1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
— Psalms 140:3 —
4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.