[The Prohibition of Murmuring, Insolence, Pride, and Arrogance.]
VII. Be not a murmurer, remembering the punishment which those underwent who murmured against Moses. Be not self-willed, be not malicious, be not hard-hearted, be not passionate, be not mean-spirited; for all these things lead to blasphemy. But be meek, as were Moses and David, 66 Ps. lxxxii. 8. Ps. lxxxii. 8. since “the meek shall inherit the earth.” 67 Ps. xii. 5. Ps. xii. 5.
[7] Μὴ γίνου γόγγυσος, μνησθεὶς τῆς τιμωρίας ἧς ὑπέστησαν οἱ καταγογγύσαντες Μωϋσέως. Μὴ ἔσο αὐθάδης μηδὲ πονηρόφρων μηδὲ σκληροκάρδιος μηδὲ θυμώδης μηδὲ μικρόψυχος: πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα ὁδηγεῖ πρὸς βλασφημίαν. Ἴσθι δὲ πρᾶος ὡς Μωϋσῆς καὶ Δαυίδ, ἐπεὶ: »Οἱ πραεῖς κληρονομήσουσιν τὴν γῆν«.