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Patristic A.D. 373 · Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Ps 101:5-6 (DEFENSE BEFORE CONSTANTIUS 20)

Athanasius of Alexandria, on Ps 100:5

Athanasius of Alexandria · c. A.D. 296–373
Ps 100:5 · Douay-Rheims
“The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.”
On this verse:
“And Jezebel was able to injure the most religious Naboth by her false accusations; but then it was the wicked and apostate Ahab who listened to her. But the most holy David, whose example you ought to follow, as all pray that you may, does not favor such people but was apt to turn away from them and avoid them, as raging dogs. He says, "Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him will I destroy." For he kept the commandment that says, "You shall not receive a false report." And false are the reports of these people in your sight. You, like Solomon, have required of the Lord (and you ought to believe yourself to have obtained your desire), that it would seem good to him to remove far from you vain and lying words.”

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