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Clement of Alexandria, on Prov 13:25
Clement of Alexandria · c. A.D. 150–215
Prov 13:25 · Douay-Rheims
“The just eateth and filleth his soul: but the belly of the wicked is never to be filled.”
On this verse:
“We have been created, not to eat and drink but to come to the knowledge of God. "The just man," Scripture says, "eats and fills his soul; but the belly of the wicked is ever in want," ever hungry with a greed that cannot be quenched.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.