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Patristic A.D. 735 · Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Prov 23:33 (Commentary on Proverbs)

Bede, on Prov 23:33

Bede · A.D. 673–735
Prov 23:33 · Douay-Rheims
“Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.”
On this verse:
“Your eyes will see strange women, etc. It is a customary and almost natural vice to follow feminine lust after the poison of drunkenness spreads in the heart, accompanied by wickedness and foulness of words.”

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