Bede
Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“The way of the wicked will deceive them. When they rejoice in holding their own or seizing others'. Whence it is rightly added:”
The interpretation timeline
Prov 12:26
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Prov 12:26 · Douay-Rheims
“He that neglecteth a loss for the sake of a friend, is just: but the way of the wicked shall deceive them.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
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