“The grace of God therefore descends to us through the Word incarnate, through the Word crucified, and through the Word inspired. Man assails this most noble influence through sin. For all the things in the world, man ought not to commit sin. It is said in Ecclesiasticus: "Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent."…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 1
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2Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.
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1My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for thy former sins.
— Sirach 21:2 —
3All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds whereof cannot be healed.
4To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate.