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Origen, on Prov 5:4
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
Prov 5:4 · Douay-Rheims
“But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.”
On this verse:
“"In the end," [Solomon] says, "you will find what seemed sweet in the beginning to be more bitter than gall and sharper than the edge of a sword." But the nature of righteousness is the opposite: In the beginning, it seems more bitter, but in the end, when it produces fruits of virtue, it is found to be sweeter than honey.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.