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Prov 25:10

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 25:10 · Douay-Rheims
“Lest he insult over thee, when he hath heard it, and cease not to upbraid thee. Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these for thyself, lest thou fall under reproach.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
399
A.D.
Evagrius Ponticus Patristic
c. A.D. 345–399
“Solomon frequently mentions "friend" and "friendship." Therefore, it is fitting now to look into what he means by friendship. He says [in effect] that grace and friendship liberate. Also, the Savior in the gospels says to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." Again, Paul writes, "Christ freed us from the curse of the law." Hence, if "friendship sets free" and "truth sets free" and the Savior sets free, then Christ is both truth and friendship. Therefore, all who possess the knowledge of Christ are friends to each other. Therefore, the Savior calls his disciples "friends," and John the Baptist is a friend of the bridegroom, and so are Moses and all the saints. And it is in virtue of that friendship alone, that his friends are also friends to each other.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.