Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IX/The Epistles of Clement/The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians/Chapter 22

Chapter XXII.&#8212;These Exhortations are Confirmed by the Christian Faith, Which Proclaims the Misery of Sinful Conduct.

Now the faith which is in Christ confirms all these [admonitions].&#160; For He Himself by the Holy Ghost thus addresses us:&#160; &#8220;Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. &#160; What man is he that desireth life, and loveth to see good days?&#160; Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.&#160; Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.&#160; The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are [open] unto their prayers.&#160; The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.&#160; The righteous cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his troubles.&#8221; &#160; &#8220;Many are the stripes [appointed for] the wicked; but mercy shall compass those about who hope in the Lord.&#8221;