Provérbios 24
John Cassian · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Provérbios 24:11
From your own example, therefore, learn to be compassionate toward those who struggle, and never frighten with bleak despair those who are in trouble or unsettle them with harsh words. Instead, encourage them mildly and gently and, according to the precept of that most wise Solomon: "Spare not to save those who are being led to death and to redeem those who are being slain." .
Provérbios 24:11
Learn from your own experience to sympathize with those in trouble and never terrify with destructive despair those who are in danger, nor harden them with severe speeches, but rather restore them with gentle and kindly consolations. As the wise Solomon says, "Spare not to deliver those who are led forth to death, and to redeem those who are to be slain." — CONFERENCE 2:13
Provérbios 24:16
There will be no end of penance for those little offenses by which "the righteous person falls seven times," as it is written, "and gets up again." For we commit these frequently every day, unwillingly or willingly, whether through ignorance or forgetfulness or thought or word or surprise or necessity or weakness of the flesh or pollution during a dream. On account of these David asks the Lord in prayer for purification and forgiveness, saying, "Who understands his sins? From my hidden sins cleanse me, and from those of others spare your servant." And the apostle says, "The good that I want, I do not do, but the evil that I do not want, this I do." -.
Provérbios 24:16
For those small offences by which "the righteous falls seven times and will rise again" penitence will never cease, as it is written. For either through ignorance, or forgetfulness, or thought, or word, or surprise, or necessity, or weakness of the flesh, or defilement in a dream, we often fall every day either against our will or voluntarily. On account of these offences—for which he also prays to the Lord and asks for purification and pardon—David says: "Who can understand sins? Cleanse me from my secret sins; and spare your servant from those of others." And the apostle says: "For I do not do the good that I desire, but the evil that I do not desire, that I do." — CONFERENCE 20:12