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Chapter XXXIX.—There is no reason for
self-conceit.
Foolish and inconsiderate men, who have neither
wisdom170
170 Literally,
“and silly and uninstructed.” | nor instruction,
mock and deride us, being eager to exalt themselves in their own
conceits. For what can a mortal man do? or what strength is there in one
made out of the dust? For it is written, “There was no shape before
mine eyes, only I heard a sound,171 and a
voice [saying], What then? Shall a man be pure before the Lord? or shall
such an one be [counted] blameless in his deeds, seeing He does not
confide in His servants, and has charged172 even His
angels with perversity? The heaven is not clean in His sight: how much
less they that dwell in houses of clay, of which also we ourselves were
made! He smote them as a moth; and from morning even until evening they
endure not. Because they could furnish no assistance to themselves, they
perished. He breathed upon them, and they died, because they had no
wisdom. But call now, if any one will answer thee, or if thou wilt look
to any of the holy angels; for wrath destroys the foolish man, and envy
killeth him that is in error. I have seen the foolish taking root, but
their habitation was presently consumed. Let their sons be far from
safety; let them be despised173 before the gates of those less than themselves,
and there shall be none to deliver. For what was prepared for them, the
righteous shall eat; and they shall not be delivered from
evil.”174
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