The Sinner And The Righteous Man

Παρατηρήσεται ὁ ἀ,αμαρτωλὸς τὸν δίκαιον, καὶ βρύξει ἐπ' αὐτὸν τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ. Ἐντεῦωεν μανθάνομεν, ὅτι, ὥσπερ πέφυκεν ἐναντίον εἶναι σκότος καὶ φῶς, οὕτω ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς τῷ δικαίῳ. Ἐὰν οὗν ἴδῃς τότε μισούμενον τὸν δίκαιον, μὴ ὄκνει λέγειν περὶ τοῦ μισοῦντος αὐτὸν, ὡς ἔστιν ἁμαρτωλός. Οἱ γὰρ φρονοῦντες τὰ κοσμικὰ, καὶ τῇ τοῦ παρόντος βίου τύρβῃ τὸν ἑαυτῶν ἐνδήσαντες νοῦν, ἀεὶ πως ἐπιμεμήνασι τοῖς τὸν εὐαγῆ καὶ ἀπόλεκτον διαβιοῦσι βίον, καὶ ἐχθρὸν ἠγοῦνται τῆς δικαιοσύνης τὸν ἐρατήν. Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαί Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΛϚ' Source: Migne PG 17.128

'The sinner observes the righteous man, and he grinds his teeth over him.'  1  As we have learned above, as light and darkness are contraries, so the sinner and the righteous man. If then you see someone hating a righteous man, do not shrink from naming him a sinner. For those who think of worldly things, their minds overthrown by the troubles of this life, always rage madly at the one who lives an upright and elect life, and an enemy they deem him who is a lover of righteousness. Origen, Excerpta On the Psalms, from Psalm 36 1 Ps 36.12