Екклезиастик (Книга Премудрости Иисуса, сына Сирахова), Глава 9, стих 18. Толкования стиха

Бегай от двора азиатскаго деспота, где тысячи опасностей угрожают твоей жизни. Ты ходишь там, как птица, по силкам, в которыя можешь быть пойман и удавлен, ты ходишь по вершинам городских стен, где неприятели легко могут достать тебя, пронзить стрелами своими и повергнуть мертвым на землю. Ты стоишь на опасном месте, которое при изменчивой милости царя и при деятельной зависти едвали долго может держать тебя.

Затем премудрый дает правила не оставлять стараго друга, не завидовать грешнику и не обращаться с людьми опасными и грешными.

CHRIST FREES US. ORIGEN: “Know that you are walking in the midst of snares and that you are going about on the city battlements.” Everything is full of nets; the devil has filled up everything with snares. But if the Word of God comes to you and begins to appear through the nets, you will say, “Our soul has been freed like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters; the snare has been broken, and we have been freed. We are blessed by the Lord who has made heaven and earth.” The bridegroom “appears” then “through the nets.” Jesus has prepared the way for you. He descended to earth and submitted himself to the nets of the world. Seeing the great flock of humanity imprisoned in the nets and seeing that only he could tear them, he came to the nets and assumed a human body and subjected it to the snares of the powerful enemy and tore them apart for you. Thus, you can say, “See. He is at the back, behind our wall, watching through the windows, appearing through the nets.” HOMILIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS 2.12.