“Nothing will generate presumptions so much as a good conscience, if we are not careful. Therefore, knowing that after we do something honest that this sentiment might arise in us, Jesus said to his disciples, "When you shall have done all those things you say: 'We are unprofitable servants.' " When the evil beast is a…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON HOSEA 3:1
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5justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.
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3My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
4Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.
— Sirach 7:5 —
6Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.
7Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.