VerseEvagrius Ponticus, 4th c. — NOTES ON THE PSALMS 49[50].17 Read all of Psalms 50 →
Psalms 50:17
A church father on this verse
“Discipline is the moderation of the emotions.”
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17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
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15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
— Psalms 50:17 —
18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.