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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Rule 239: What is the Good Treasure and What the Evil? (R. 135)

The wisdom which embraces every virtue in Christ to the glory of God is good treasure; that which embraces the wickedness of the things forbidden by the Lord is evil treasure; out of which are produced, according to the words of the Lord, things evil or good, showing themselves in the deeds or words appropriate to each.