“And Ecclesiasticus says: "If you do not hold yourself steadfastly in the fear of the Lord, your house will quickly be overturned." Consider David, who says: "Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice in him with trembling."”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 2
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3Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord, his house shall soon be overthrown.
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1Many have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away.
2As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling.
— Sirach 27:3 —
4As when one sifteth with a sieve, the refuse remaineth; so the filth of man in his talk.
5The furnace proveth the potter’s vessels; so the trial of man is in his reasoning.