Proverbs 17 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] More wise sayings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.
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GR κρείσσων ψωμὸς μεθ’ ἡδονῆς ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἢ οἶκος πλήρης πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἀδίκων θυμάτων μετὰ μάχης
LA Melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum jurgio.
EN Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
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GR οἰκέτης νοήμων κρατήσει δεσποτῶν ἀφρόνων ἐν δὲ ἀδελφοῖς διελεῖται μέρη
LA Servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis, et inter fratres hæreditatem dividet.
EN A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
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GR ὥσπερ δοκιμάζεται ἐν καμίνῳ ἄργυρος καὶ χρυσός οὕτως ἐκλεκταὶ καρδίαι παρὰ κυρίῳ
LA Sicut igne probatur argentum et aurum camino, ita corda probat Dominus.
EN As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord tries the hearts.
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GR κακὸς ὑπακούει γλώσσης παρανόμων δίκαιος δὲ οὐ προσέχει χείλεσιν ψευδέσιν
LA Malus obedit linguæ iniquæ, et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus.
EN The evil man obeys an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkens to lying lips.
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GR ὁ καταγελῶν πτωχοῦ παροξύνει τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτόν ὁ δὲ ἐπιχαίρων ἀπολλυμένῳ οὐκ ἀθῳωθήσεται ὁ δὲ ἐπισπλαγχνιζόμενος ἐλεηθήσεται
LA Qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori ejus, et qui ruina lætatur alterius non erit impunitus.
EN He that despises the poor, reproaches his maker: and he that rejoices at another man’s ruin, shall not be unpunished.
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GR στέφανος γερόντων τέκνα τέκνων καύχημα δὲ τέκνων πατέρες αὐτῶν τοῦ πιστοῦ ὅλος ὁ κόσμος τῶν χρημάτων τοῦ δὲ ἀπίστου οὐδὲ ὀβολός
LA Corona senum filii filiorum, et gloria filiorum patres eorum.
EN Children’s children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
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GR οὐχ ἁρμόσει ἄφρονι χείλη πιστὰ οὐδὲ δικαίῳ χείλη ψευδῆ
LA Non decent stultum verba composita, nec principem labium mentiens.
EN Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.
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GR μισθὸς χαρίτων ἡ παιδεία τοῖς χρωμένοις οὗ δ’ ἂν ἐπιστρέψῃ εὐοδωθήσεται
LA Gemma gratissima exspectatio præstolantis; quocumque se vertit, prudenter intelligit.
EN The expectation of him that expects is a most acceptable jewel: wherever he turns himself, he understands wisely.
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GR ὃς κρύπτει ἀδικήματα ζητεῖ φιλίαν ὃς δὲ μισεῖ κρύπτειν διίστησιν φίλους καὶ οἰκείους
LA Qui celat delictum quærit amicitias; qui altero sermone repetit, separat fœderatos.
EN He that conceals a transgression, seeks friendships: he that repeats it again, separates friends.
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GR συντρίβει ἀπειλὴ καρδίαν φρονίμου ἄφρων δὲ μαστιγωθεὶς οὐκ αἰσθάνεται
LA Plus proficit correptio apud prudentem, quam centum plagæ apud stultum.
EN A reproof avails more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
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GR ἀντιλογίας ἐγείρει πᾶς κακός ὁ δὲ κύριος ἄγγελον ἀνελεήμονα ἐκπέμψει αὐτῷ
LA Semper jurgia quærit malus: angelus autem crudelis mittetur contra eum.
EN An evil man always seeks quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
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GR ἐμπεσεῖται μέριμνα ἀνδρὶ νοήμονι οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες διαλογιοῦνται κακά
LA Expedit magis ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus, quam fatuo confidenti in stultitia sua.
EN It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
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GR ὃς ἀποδίδωσιν κακὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν οὐ κινηθήσεται κακὰ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ
LA Qui reddit mala pro bonis, non recedet malum de domo ejus.
EN He that renders evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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GR ἐξουσίαν δίδωσιν λόγοις ἀρχὴ δικαιοσύνης προηγεῖται δὲ τῆς ἐνδείας στάσις καὶ μάχη
LA Qui dimittit aquam caput est jurgiorum, et antequam patiatur contumeliam judicium deserit.
EN The beginning of quarrels is as when one lets out water: and before he suffers reproach, he forsakes judgment.
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GR ὃς δίκαιον κρίνει τὸν ἄδικον ἄδικον δὲ τὸν δίκαιον ἀκάθαρτος καὶ βδελυκτὸς παρὰ θεῷ
LA Qui justificat impium, et qui condemnat justum, abominabilis est uterque apud Deum.
EN He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, both are abominable before God.
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GR ἵνα τί ὑπῆρξεν χρήματα ἄφρονι κτήσασθαι γὰρ σοφίαν ἀκάρδιος οὐ δυνήσεται ὃς ὑψηλὸν ποιεῖ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἶκον ζητεῖ συντριβήν ὁ δὲ σκολιάζων τοῦ μαθεῖν ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά
LA Quid prodest stulto habere divitias, cum sapientiam emere non possit? Qui altum facit domum suam quærit ruinam, et qui evitat discere incidet in mala.
EN What does it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that makes his house high, seeks a downfall: and he that refuses to learn, shall fall into evils.
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GR εἰς πάντα καιρὸν φίλος ὑπαρχέτω σοι ἀδελφοὶ δὲ ἐν ἀνάγκαις χρήσιμοι ἔστωσαν τούτου γὰρ χάριν γεννῶνται
LA Omni tempore diligit qui amicus est, et frater in angustiis comprobatur.
EN He that is a friend loves at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
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GR ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ἐπικροτεῖ καὶ ἐπιχαίρει ἑαυτῷ ὡς καὶ ὁ ἐγγυώμενος ἐγγύῃ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ φίλον
LA Stultus homo plaudet manibus, cum spoponderit pro amico suo.
EN A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
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GR φιλαμαρτήμων χαίρει μάχαις
LA Qui meditatur discordias diligit rixas, et qui exaltat ostium quærit ruinam.
EN He that studies discords, loves quarrels: and he that exalts his door, seeks ruin.
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GR ὁ δὲ σκληροκάρδιος οὐ συναντᾷ ἀγαθοῖς ἀνὴρ εὐμετάβολος γλώσσῃ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά
LA Qui perversi cordis est non inveniet bonum, et qui vertit linguam incidet in malum.
EN He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverts his tongue, shall fall into evil.
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GR καρδία δὲ ἄφρονος ὀδύνη τῷ κεκτημένῳ αὐτήν οὐκ εὐφραίνεται πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ ἀπαιδεύτῳ υἱὸς δὲ φρόνιμος εὐφραίνει μητέρα αὐτοῦ
LA Natus est stultus in ignominiam suam; sed nec pater in fatuo lætabitur.
EN A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.
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GR καρδία εὐφραινομένη εὐεκτεῖν ποιεῖ ἀνδρὸς δὲ λυπηροῦ ξηραίνεται τὰ ὀστᾶ
LA Animus gaudens ætatem floridam facit; spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa.
EN A joyful mind makes age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit dries up the bones.
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GR λαμβάνοντος δῶρα ἐν κόλπῳ ἀδίκως οὐ κατευοδοῦνται ὁδοί ἀσεβὴς δὲ ἐκκλίνει ὁδοὺς δικαιοσύνης
LA Munera de sinu impius accipit, ut pervertat semitas judicii.
EN The wicked man takes gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
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GR πρόσωπον συνετὸν ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ ἄφρονος ἐπ’ ἄκρα γῆς
LA In facie prudentis lucet sapientia; oculi stultorum in finibus terræ.
EN Wisdom shines in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.
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GR ὀργὴ πατρὶ υἱὸς ἄφρων καὶ ὀδύνη τῇ τεκούσῃ αὐτοῦ
LA Ira patris filius stultus, et dolor matris quæ genuit eum.
EN A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
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GR ζημιοῦν ἄνδρα δίκαιον οὐ καλόν οὐδὲ ὅσιον ἐπιβουλεύειν δυνάσταις δικαίοις
LA Non est bonum damnum inferre justo, nec percutere principem qui recta judicat.
EN It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judges right.
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GR ὃς φείδεται ῥῆμα προέσθαι σκληρόν ἐπιγνώμων μακρόθυμος δὲ ἀνὴρ φρόνιμος
LA Qui moderatur sermones suos doctus et prudens est, et pretiosi spiritus vir eruditus.
EN He that sets bounds to his words, is knowing and wise: and the man of understanding is of a precious spirit.
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GR ἀνοήτῳ ἐπερωτήσαντι σοφίαν σοφία λογισθήσεται ἐνεὸν δέ τις ἑαυτὸν ποιήσας δόξει φρόνιμος εἶναι
LA Stultus quoque, si tacuerit, sapiens reputabitur, et si compresserit labia sua, intelligens.
EN Even a fool, if he will hold his peace, shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.
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