She hunts the soul; I was beside him; she enriches; tree of life (Prov 6–12)
She hunts. And the soul hunted by a woman is precious by nature, for it is not earthy by nature. Or again: since the mindset and soul of the brave are precious, she still hunts even these.
Chapter 8: “I was the one in whom he rejoiced.” Said of God, “I was” does not mark time. It is temporal when it points to something under time, as in “I was in the marketplace.” But if she was with God in a way that fits the One without beginning, she herself is everlasting.
Chapter 10: “She enriches.” If everyone the Lord blesses is rich, and those who walk in the Lord’s law are blessed by the Lord, and the prophets walked in the Lord’s law, then those prophets were rich. “In laughter a fool does evil”: while he does evil he takes pleasure and rejoices. Wisdom, by contrast, bears understanding for a man—practical virtue.
Chapter 11: “Whoever does not go about with his own house will inherit winds.” Our house is God, in whom we move and are. So the one who does not walk in God’s commandments will share inheritance with the opposing powers. “From the fruit of righteousness a tree of life grows.” The fruit of righteousness is virtue’s end. A person has as many trees of life as fruits of righteousness. This is the tree of life planted in the middle of paradise, which Adam is barred from touching after the sin, having thrown away the seeds of righteousness from which that tree grows.
Chapter 12: “He will be a friend to himself.” Origen does not mention this line at all; it was found in
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ἀγρεύει. Καὶ ἡ 13.32 ἀγρευομένη ὑπὸ γυναικὸς ψυχὴ τιμία ἐστὶ τῇ φύ σει· οὐ γάρ ἐστι τῇ φύσει χοϊκή. Ἢ ἐπειδὴ τῶν ἀν δρείων τὸ φρόνημα καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ τιμία, ὅμως καὶ ταύ τας ἀγρεύει. {1ΚΕΦ. Ηʹ.}1 Ἐγὼ ἤμην ᾗ προσέχαιρε. Τὸ, ἤμην, ἐπὶ Θεοῦ χρόνον οὐ προσημαίνει· χρονικὸν γὰρ, ἡνίκα τι τῶν ὑπὸ χρόνον προσημαίνει, ὡς τὸ, Ἤμην ἐν ἀγορᾷ. Εἰ δὲ παρὰ Θεῷ ἦν ἁρμόζουσα τῷ ἀνάρχῳ, ἀΐδιος καὶ αὐτή. {1ΚΕΦ. Ιʹ.}1 Αὕτη πλουτίζει. Εἰ πᾶς ὁ εὐλογημένος παρὰ Κυρίου πλούσιος, οἱ δὲ πορευόμενοι ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου εὐλογοῦνται ὑπὸ Κυρίου, ἐπορεύθησαν δὲ ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου προφῆται· οὗτοι ἄρα πλούσιοι ἦσαν. Ἐν γέλωτι ἄφρων πράσσει κακά. Πράττων τὰ κακὰ ἥδεται καὶ χαίρει. Ἡ δὲ σοφία ἀνδρὶ τίκτει φρόνησιν, πρακτικὴν ἀρετήν. {1ΚΕΦ. ΙΑʹ.}1 Ὁ μὴ συμπεριφερόμενος τῷ ἑαυτοῦ οἴκῳ, κλη ρονομήσει ἀνέμους. Οἶκος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐστιν ἐν ᾧ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν. Ὁ ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς οὖν τοῦ Θεοῦ μὴ περιπατῶν συγκληρονόμος ἔσται τῶν ἐναν τίων δυνάμεων. Ἐκ καρποῦ δικαιοσύνης φύεται δένδρον ζωῆς. Καρπὸς δικαιοσύνης τὸ τέλος τῆς ἀρετῆς. Τοσαῦτα δένδρα ζωῆς ἔχει τις, ὅσους καρποὺς δικαιοσύνης. Τοῦτο τὸ δένδρον τῆς ζωῆς ἐστι τὸ φυτευθὲν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου, οὗ ἅψασθαι μετὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν κω λύεται Ἀδὰμ, τὰ σπέρματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἀποβα λὼν, ἀφ' ὧν φύεται τὸ δένδρον τῆς ζωῆς. {1ΚΕΦ. ΙΒʹ.}1 Ἑαυτοῦ φίλος ἔσται. Τοῦτον τὸν στίχον ὅλως οὐ μέμνηται Ὠριγένης· εὑρέθη δὲ ἔν
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Origen of Alexandria, Fragmenta ex commentariis in Proverbia (Greek).
Original English Translation of Origen’s Fragmenta ex commentariis in Proverbia — new OET from PG 13 Greek.
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Khazarzar scan
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