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Ambrose of Milan, on Ps 36:14
Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397
Ps 36:14 · Douay-Rheims
“The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.”
On this verse:
“What is the sword of the wicked? It is the absolute opposite to the sword of the Holy Spirit.… God's Word is the sword of the Holy Spirit. But the sword of the wicked is the evil word.… Stupid and petulant speech issues from their mouths as from a scabbard, and would it not have been better to restrain it and bury it? In like manner the Word of the Lord is brought forth as a sword; so, too, the speech of the sinner, and the bow that they bend is their mind. The arrow that they shoot is the venomous word. Our arrow is Christ, the Word of God.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.