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title: "1 Pure Fear Quotes By Ephrem the Syrian"
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> [The fear of God illumines the soul, annihilates evil, weakens the passions, drives darkness from the soul and makes it pure. The fear of God is the summit of wisdom. Where it is not you will find nothing good. Whoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/the-fear-of-god-illumines-the-soul-annihilates-evil-weakens-the/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

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## More by Ephrem the Syrian

> [The seed, swollen with moisture, burst asunder its covering of soil and out peers the blade of wheat, full of symbols. So faith, whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/the-seed-swollen-with-moisture-burst-asunder-its-covering-of-soil-and/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [Blessed the one who has become a good spiritual net and caught many for the good Lord, such a one will greatly praised by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/blessed-the-one-who-has-become-a-good-spiritual-net-and-caught-many/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/o-lord-and-master-of-my-life-take-from-me-the-spirit-of-sloth/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/if-you-are-an-ardent-reader-seek-not-brilliant-and-erudite-texts/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [Like the apple of Thine eye preserve me, O Lord God; defend me and beneath Thy wings shelter me from temptations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/like-the-apple-of-thine-eye-preserve-me-o-lord-god-defend-me-and/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [Don't let your eyes look here and there, and don't look on someone elses' beauty, so that the devil will not conquer you with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/don-t-let-your-eyes-look-here-and-there-and-don-t-look-on-someone/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/no-one-is-truly-poor-but-except-the-one-who-lacks-the-truth/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/it-is-blasphemy-if-you-pray-before-god-while-you-are-full-of-anger/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [Prayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/prayer-is-converse-with-god-equal-honor-with-the-angels-progress-in/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/be-a-lamp-in-brightness-and-make-the-works-of-darkness-cease-so-that/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/o-lord-we-cannot-go-to-the-pool-of-siloe-to-which-you-sent-the-blind/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [Who is far from love is a bad state, and to be pitied. He passes his days in a delirious dream, far from God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/who-is-far-from-love-is-a-bad-state-and-to-be-pitied-he-passes-his/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [Blessed the one who has kept the mastery of his eyelids and has not deceived himself with either mind or sense with regard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/blessed-the-one-who-has-kept-the-mastery-of-his-eyelids-and-has-not/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [The fear of God illumines the soul, annihilates evil, weakens the passions, drives darkness from the soul and makes it pure. The fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/the-fear-of-god-illumines-the-soul-annihilates-evil-weakens-the/)

[Ephrem the Syrian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ephrem-the-syrian/)

> [They went down to Egypt and provided food when famine reigned; they came to the obstinate sea, and taught it wisdom with a rod;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ephrem-the-syrian/they-went-down-to-egypt-and-provided-food-when-famine-reigned-they/)

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