Strengthening the Heart

Λόγοις σοφῶν παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς καὶ ἄκουε ἐμὸν λόγον τὴν δὲ σὴν καρδίαν ἐπίστησον ἵνα γνῷς ὅτι καλοί εἰσιν. Ὁ τοῖς πανσόφοις λόγοις προσέχων τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ποιῶν τὰ προστασμενα ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, οὗτος ἐπέστησε τὴν καρδίαν, καὶ ἔγνω ὅτι καλοί εἰσιν· οὕτος ἀκούει τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγων, ὁ ποιῶν τὰ προστασσόμενα ὑπ' αὐτῶν· Οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἀκροαταὶ τοῦ νόμου δίκαιοι παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ, ἀλλ' οἱ ποιηταὶ τοῦ νομοῦ δικαιωθήσονται. Ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστήσῃς σὴν καρδίαν τοῦ γνῶναι καὶ ποιῆσαι, γνωρίσει σοι τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ τὴν εἰποῦσαν· Ἐγω εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια. Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Παροιμίας

To the words of the wise give your ear and hear my word and strengthen your heart that you may know good things. 1 He who attends to the most wise words of God, and acts in accordance with His commandments, he strengthens his heart, and he knows good things. He hears the words of God who follows the things commanded, 'For it is not the hearers of the Lord who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who shall be justified.' 2 That if you strengthen your heart equally in knowledge and deed, God shall make manifest to you His way, of which He said, 'I am the way and the truth.' 3 Origen, On Proverbs, Fragment 1 Prov 22.17 2 Rom 11.13 3 Jn 14.6