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Origen, on Prov 15:32
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
Prov 15:32 · Douay-Rheims
“He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof possesseth understanding.”
On this verse:
“We are not harsh toward the impenitent. They are wicked to themselves, for those that spurn instruction hate themselves. Yet even in such cases we should seek in every way that healing come to those who are so completely perverted as not even to be conscious of their own ills and drunk with a drunkenness more fatal than that from wine, the drunkenness that comes from the darkness of evil.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.