[Concerning Augury and Enchantments.]

VI. Be not a diviner, for that leads to idolatry;  60  Matt. ix. 15; Mark ii. 20; Luke v. 35. Matt. ix. 15; Mark ii. 20; Luke v. 35. for says Samuel, “Divination is sin;”  61  Isa. liii. 12. Isa. liii. 12. and, “There shall be no divination in Jacob, nor soothsaying in Israel.”  62  Matt. xxvii. 24, 25. Matt. xxvii. 24, 25. Thou shalt not use enchantments or purgations for thy child. Thou shall not be a soothsayer nor a diviner by great or little birds. Nor shalt thou learn wicked arts; for all these things has the law forbidden.  63  John xix. 15, 6, 12. John xix. 15, 6, 12. Be not one that wishes for evil, for thou wilt be led into intolerable sins. Thou shalt not speak obscenely, nor use wanton glances, nor be a drunkard; for from such causes arise whoredoms and adulteries. Be not a lover of money, lest thou “serve mammon instead of God.”  64  Ps. ii. 1, 2. Ps. ii. 1, 2. Be not vainglorious, nor haughty, nor high-minded. For from all these things arrogance does spring. Remember him who said: “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: I have not exercised myself in great matters, nor in things too high for me; but I was humble.”  65  Isa. xiv. 19. Isa. xiv. 19.

[6] Μὴ γίνου οἰωνοσκόπος, ὅτι ὁδηγεῖ πρὸς εἰδωλολατρείαν: »Οἰώνισμα δέ, φησὶν ὁ Σαμουήλ, ἁμαρτία ἐστίν«, καὶ »Οὐκ ἔσται οἰωνισμὸς ἐν Ἰακὼβ οὐδὲ μαντεία ἐν Ἰσραήλ.« Οὐκ ἔσῃ ἐπᾴδων ἢ περικαθαίρων τὸν υἱόν σου, οὐ κληδονιεῖς οὐδὲ οἰωνισθήσῃ οὐδὲ ὀρνεοσκοπήσεις οὐδὲ μαθήσῃ μαθήματα πονηρά: ταῦτα γὰρ ἅπαντα καὶ ὁ νόμος ἀπεῖπεν. Μὴ γίνου ἐπιθυμητὴς κακῶν, ὁδηγηθήσῃ γὰρ εἰς ἀμετρίαν ἁμαρτημάτων. Οὐκ ἔσῃ αἰσχρολόγος οὐδὲ ῥιψόφθαλμος οὐδὲ μέθυσος: ἐκ γὰρ τούτων πορνεῖαι καὶ μοιχεῖαι γίνονται. Μὴ γίνου φιλάργυρος, ἵνα μὴ ἀντὶ Θεοῦ δουλεύσῃς τῷ μαμωνᾷ. Μὴ γίνου κενόδοξος μηδὲ μετέωρος μηδὲ ὑψηλόφρων, ἐκ γὰρ τούτων ἁπάντων ἀλαζονεῖαι γεννῶνται: μνήσθητι τοῦ εἰπόντος: »Κύριε, οὐχ ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία μου, οὐδὲ ἐμετεωρίσθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, οὐδὲ ἐπορεύθην ἐν μεγάλοις οὐδὲ ἐν θαυμασίοις ὑπὲρ ἐμέ: εἰ μὴ ἐταπεινοφρόνουν.«