1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Proverbs 12:11 | *He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. Ecclesiasticus 20:30. | Idleness. Hebrew, "the idle." Their company is seducing. --- He that, etc. This occurs in the Septuagint, but not in the Hebrew or the new edition of St. Jerome. (Calmet) --- Wine. Or "in taverns." --- Holds. Soldiers have thus been often surprised. (Menochius) --- "Drunkenness is an incitement to lust and madness, the poison of wisdom." (St. Ambrose) |