“The ways of human beings are their desires and their actions, which in any case do not escape God's knowledge, since "everything is naked and exposed before his eyes." This is why the psalmist says, "The Lord knows a person's thoughts: they are but a breath." But he has especially known the way of those whom he approv…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — ON ECCLESIASTICUS 4:5
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15Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes.
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13Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice.
14And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour.
— Sirach 17:15 —
16Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony.
17For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord’s portion: