Chapter — Douay-Rheims
Wisdom 4
1.How beautiful is the chaste generation with glory: for the memory thereof is immortal: because it is known both with God and with men.
Cited by 4 passages
- Tanquerey, Volume II. Fundamental Moral Theology; the Virtues and Precepts, Supplement: On the Virtue of Chastity, n. 11
- Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, I. Questions Concerning Chastity and Lust (1936), On Chastity and Lust, Question Seven: Concerning the Causes and Remedies of Lust, ¶ 465
- Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis, Volume II, Treatise XIII. On the Virtue of Temperance and the Opposed Vices, Chapter III. On the Subjective Parts of Temperance in Particular and on the Opposed Vices, Article IV. On Chastity and Virginity, § 1. On Chastity, n. 676
- Spirago, Part II. The Commandments, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VIII. THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL VICES, 11. CHASTITY, ¶ 4
2.When it is present, they imitate it: and they desire it, when it hath withdrawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of undefiled conflicts.
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- Spirago, Part II. The Commandments, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VIII. THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL VICES, 11. CHASTITY, ¶ 6
3.But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation.
4.And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
5.For the branches not being perfect, shall be broken, and their fruits shall be unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for nothing.
6.For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.
7.But the just man, if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest.
8.For venerable old age is not that of long time, nor counted by the number of years: but the understanding of a man is grey hairs.
Cited by 4 passages
- Koch–Preuss, Volume I: Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Chapter I: The Subject of Morality—Man as a Rational Creature Endowed with Free-Will, Section 3: The Individual Determinants of Free-Will, ¶ 4
- Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part (II-II), Question 63: Respect of persons, art. 3
- Summa Theologica, Third Part (III), Question 72: The sacrament of Confirmation, art. 8
- The Roman Catechism, Part II. The Sacraments, The Sacrament of Holy Orders, ¶ 47
9.And a spotless life is old age.
Cited by 4 passages
- Koch–Preuss, Volume I: Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Chapter I: The Subject of Morality—Man as a Rational Creature Endowed with Free-Will, Section 3: The Individual Determinants of Free-Will, ¶ 4
- Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part (II-II), Question 63: Respect of persons, art. 3
- The Roman Catechism, Part II. The Sacraments, The Sacrament of Holy Orders, ¶ 47
- Spirago, Part II. The Commandments, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT OF GOD, Transgressions of the Fourth Commandment, ¶ 9
10.He pleased God, and was beloved, and living among sinners, he was translated.
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11.He was taken away, lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.
Cited by 3 passages
- The Roman Catechism, Part III. The Commandments, The Fourth Commandment, ¶ 43
- Spirago, Part II. The Commandments, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT OF GOD, Transgressions of the Fourth Commandment, ¶ 9
- Spirago, Part II. The Commandments, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, B. GOOD WORKS, VIRTUE, SIN, VICE, VIII. THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL VICES, 11. CHASTITY, ¶ 6
12.For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind.
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13.Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time.
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14.For his soul pleased God: therefore he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities: but the people see this, and understand not, nor lay up such things in their hearts:
15.That the grace of God, and his mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect to his chosen.
16.But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust.
17.For they shall see the end of the wise man, and shall not understand what God hath designed for him, and why the Lord hath set him in safety.
18.They shall see him, and shall despise him: but the Lord shall laugh them to scorn.
19.And they shall fall after this without honour, and be a reproach among the dead for ever: for he shall burst them puffed up and speechless, and shall shake them from the foundations, and they shall be utterly laid waste: they shall be in sorrow, and their memory shall perish.
20.They shall come with fear at the thought of their sins, and their iniquities shall stand against them to convict them.
Cited by 2 passages
- Koch–Preuss, Volume I: Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Chapter II: The Objective Norm of Morality—Law, Divine and Human, Section 2: The Moral Law of Nature, ¶ 6
- The Roman Catechism, Part II. The Sacraments, The Sacrament of Extreme Unction, ¶ 33