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working their own land for six years and feeding widows and orphans in the seventh year. 209 20, 7 He who walks blameless in righteousness will leave his children blessed Those whom, of course, he has begotten according to virtue. 210 20, 9a For one who speaks ill of his father or mother, his lamp will be put out; and the pupils of his eyes will see darkness The same Christ can, according to conception, be both father and mother: father of those who have the spirit of adoption, but mother of those in need of milk and not solid food. For Christ speaking in Paul became the father of the Ephesians, revealing to them the mysteries of wisdom, but the mother of the Corinthians, giving them milk to drink. 211 20, 9b A portion obtained with haste at first will not be blessed in the end "That for a time makes your throat fat," a portion; "afterwards, however, you will find it more bitter than gall." 212 20, 9ξ Do not say: I will take revenge on the enemy; but wait for the Lord, that he may help you Do not say, moved by arrogance: I alone will fight the enemies; but wait for the Lord, that he may help you. And David says: "I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me." And again: "A horse is a false hope for salvation" and "unless the Lord builds the house and guards the city." 213 20, 10 A large and a small weight and differing measures, both are unclean before the Lord I consider what some call the "rash-coward" to be a large and small weight, and in general I consider all excess and deficiency to be a large and small weight; for both are vices. 214 The one who wants to be treated well by another, but does not himself choose to likewise give rest to others, has differing measures, not obeying the commandment that says: "whatever you wish that people would do to you, do so to them." 215 20, 12 The ear hears and the eye sees; both are works of the Lord Not the eye that sees badly is a work of the Lord, but the one that sees; and not the ear that hears badly is a work of the Lord, but the one that hears; and the same must be said of the other members of the body. You shall use this saying against those who speak ill of this body of ours and insult the Creator. 216 20, 13 Do not love to speak ill, lest you be removed; but open your eyes and be filled with bread Through the virtues we open the eyes of the soul; but through wisdom we are filled with intelligible bread. 217 20, 23 A differing weight is an abomination to the Lord, and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight He calls a deceitful balance the mind, which is by nature suited to judge matters justly, but is turned aside by the inclination of free will. 218 20, 24 The steps of a man are directed by the Lord; how then can a mortal understand his ways? One who is still mortal and has not died with Christ cannot understand the ways of the Lord. 219 20, 25 It is a snare for a man to rashly consecrate some of his own things; for after vowing comes repentance Repentance over good things does not happen to the just, but to the unjust. But let the unjust promise nothing to God unadvisedly; "for after vowing comes repentance." 220α 20, 26 A wise king is a winnower of the ungodly, and he will bring the wheel upon them Separating the chaff from the wheat. "Make them like a wheel." 221 20, 27 The breath of men is the light of the Lord, the lamp which searches the chambers of the belly If the light of the Lord is the knowledge of the Lord, and the light of the Lord is the breath of men, then the knowledge of the Lord is the breath of men. But he called the devil, who in ignorance appears to shine, a lamp, emptying the mind of good things and transforming himself into an angel of light.

222 21, 3 To do just things and to speak truth is more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices This saying casts out the sacrifice of irrational animals; "for a sacrifice to God is a broken spirit." 223 21, 8 to the crooked, crooked ways

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ἐργασαμένων ἐν τοῖς ἓξ ἔτεσι τὴν ἑαυτῶν γῆν καὶ τρεφόντων ἐν τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει χήρας καὶ ὀρφανούς. 209 20, 7 ὃς ἀναστρέφεται ἄμωμος ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, μακαρίους τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καταλείψει Οὓς κατ' ἀρετὴν δηλονότι γεγέννηκεν. 210 20, 9α κακολογοῦντος πατέρα ἢ μητέρα σβεσθήσεται λαμπτήρ· αἱ δὲ κόραι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ ὄψονται σκότος ∆ύναται ὁ αὐτὸς Χριστὸς κατ' ἐπίνοιαν καὶ πατὴρ εἶναι καὶ μήτηρ· πατὴρ μὲν τῶν πνεῦμα ἐχόντων υἱοθεσίας, μήτηρ δὲ τῶν δεομένων γάλακτος καὶ οὐ στερεᾶς τροφῆς. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ ἐν Παύλῳ λαλῶν Χριστὸς πατὴρ μὲν τῶν Ἐφεσίων ἐγίνετο, σοφίας αὐτοῖς ἀποκαλύπτων μυστήρια, μήτηρ δὲ Κορινθίων, γάλα ποτίζων αὐτούς. 211 20, 9β μερὶς ἐπισπουδαζομένη ἐν πρώτοις, ἐν τοῖς τελευταίοις οὐκ εὐλογηθήσεται «Ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει» μερὶς «σὸν φάρυγγα· ὕστερον μέντοι πικρότερον χολῆς εὑρήσεις». 212 20, 9ξ μὴ εἴπῃς· τίσομαι τὸν ἐχθρόν· ἀλλὰ ὑπόμεινον τὸν κύριον, ἵνα σοι βοηθήσῃ Μὴ εἴπῃς καθ' ὑπερηφανίαν κινούμενος· ἐγὼ μόνος τοῖς ἐχθροῖς πολεμήσω· ἀλλ' ὑπόμεινον τὸν κύριον, ἵνα σοι βοηθήσῃ. Καὶ ὁ ∆αυίδ φησιν· «οὐκ ἐπὶ τῷ τόξῳ μου ἐλπιῶ καὶ ἡ ῥομφαία μου οὐ σώσει με.» Καὶ πάλιν· «ψευδὴς ἵππος εἰς σωτηρίαν» καὶ «ἐὰν μὴ κύριος οἰκοδομήσῃ οἶκον καὶ φυλάξῃ πόλιν». 213 20, 10 στάθμιον μέγα καὶ μικρὸν καὶ μέτρα δισσά, ἀκάθαρτα ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ ἀμφότερα Τὸν παρά τισι θρασύδειλον λεγόμενον στάθμιον μέγα καὶ μικρὸν εἶναι νομίζω καὶ καθόλου πᾶσαν ὑπερβολὴν καὶ ἔλλειψιν στάθμιον μέγα καὶ μικρὸν εἶναι νομίζω· ἑκάτερα γὰρ κακίαι. 214 Ὁ εὖ μὲν πάσχειν ὑφ' ἑτέρου βουλόμενος, αὐτὸς δὲ ὁμοίως ἄλλους ἀναπαύειν μὴ προαιρούμενος, μέτρα ἔχει δισσά, μὴ πειθόμενος τῇ ἐντολῇ τῇ λεγούσῃ· «πάντα ὅσα θέλετε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ταῦτα καὶ ὑμεῖς ὁμοίως ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς.» 215 20, 12 οὖς ἀκούει καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρᾷ· κυρίου ἔργα καὶ ἀμφότερα Οὐχ ὁ κακῶς ὁρῶν ὀφθαλμὸς ἔργον ἐστὶ τοῦ κυρίου, ἀλλ' ὁ ὁρῶν· καὶ οὐ τὸ κακῶς ἀκοῦον οὖς ἔργον ἐστὶ τοῦ κυρίου, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἀκοῦον· καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων δὲ μελῶν τοῦ σώματος ὡσαύτως λεκτέον. Χρήσῃ δὲ τῷ ῥητῷ τούτῳ πρὸς τοὺς κακηγοροῦντας ἡμῶν τοῦτο τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸν δημιουργὸν ἐνυβρίζοντας. 216 20, 13 μὴ ἀγάπα καταλαλεῖν, ἵνα μὴ ἐξαρθῇς· διάνοιξον δὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου καὶ ἐμπλήσθητι ἄρτων ∆ιὰ μὲν τῶν ἀρετῶν ἀνοίγομεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς ψυχῆς· διὰ δὲ τῆς σοφίας νοητῶν πληρούμεθα ἄρτων. 217 20, 23 βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ δισσὸν στάθμιον καὶ ζυγὸς δόλιος οὐ καλὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ Ζυγὸν δόλιον λέγει τὸν νοῦν πεφυκότα μὲν δικαίως κρίνειν τὰ πράγματα, παρακλίνοντα δὲ τῇ τοῦ αὐτεξουσίου ῥοπῇ. 218 20, 24 παρὰ κυρίου εὐθύνεται διαβήματα ἀνδρί· θνητὸς δὲ πῶς ἂν νοήσαι τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ; Οὐ δύναται νοῆσαι τὰς ὁδοὺς κυρίου ὁ ἔτι θνητὸς καὶ μὴ συναποθανὼν τῷ Χριστῷ. 219 20, 25 παγὶς ἀνδρὶ ταχύ τι τῶν ἰδίων ἁγιάσαι· μετὰ γὰρ τὸ εὔξασθαι μετανοεῖν γίνεται Ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς μετάνοια οὐ δικαίοις συμβαίνει, ἀλλὰ ἀδίκοις. Ἄδικοι δὲ μηδὲν ἀπερισκέπτως ὑπισχνείσθωσαν τῷ θεῷ· «μετὰ γὰρ τὸ εὔξασθαι μετανοεῖν γίνεται.» 220α 20, 26 λικμήτωρ ἀσεβῶν βασιλεὺς σοφὸς καὶ ἐπιβαλεῖ αὐτοῖς τροχόν Χωρίζων τὰ ἄχυρα ἀπὸ τοῦ σίτου. «Ποίησον αὐτοὺς ὡς τροχόν.» 221 20, 27 φῶς κυρίου πνοὴ ἀνθρώπων, ἡ λύχνος ὃς ἐρευνᾷ ταμίεια κοιλίας Εἰ τὸ φῶς τοῦ κυρίου ἡ γνῶσις τοῦ κυρίου ἐστί, τὸ δὲ φῶς τοῦ κυρίου ἡ πνοὴ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστίν, ἡ ἄρα γνῶσις τοῦ κυρίου ἡ πνοὴ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστίν. Τὸν δὲ ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ διάβολον φαίνειν δοκοῦντα λύχνον ὠνόμασεν ἐκκενοῦντα τὸν νοῦν τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ μετασχηματιζόμενον εἰς ἄγγελον φωτός.

222 21, 3 ποιεῖν δίκαια καὶ ἀληθεύειν ἀρεστὰ παρὰ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ θυσιῶν

αἷμα Ἐκβάλλει τὸ ῥητὸν τοῦτο τὴν διὰ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων θυσίαν· «θυσία γὰρ τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον.» 223 21, 8 πρὸς τοὺς σκολιοὺς σκολιὰς ὁδοὺς