Proverbs 20 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] More wise sayings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.
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GR ἀκόλαστον οἶνος καὶ ὑβριστικὸν μέθη πᾶς δὲ ὁ συμμειγνύμενος αὐτῇ οὐκ ἔσται σοφός
LA Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens.
EN Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.
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GR οὐ διαφέρει ἀπειλὴ βασιλέως θυμοῦ λέοντος ὁ δὲ παροξύνων αὐτὸν ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν
LA Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.
EN As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provokes him, sins against his own soul.
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GR δόξα ἀνδρὶ ἀποστρέφεσθαι λοιδορίας πᾶς δὲ ἄφρων τοιούτοις συμπλέκεται
LA Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis.
EN It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
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GR ὀνειδιζόμενος ὀκνηρὸς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται ὡσαύτως καὶ ὁ δανιζόμενος σῖτον ἐν ἀμήτῳ
LA Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi.
EN Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
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GR ὕδωρ βαθὺ βουλὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνδρός ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος ἐξαντλήσει αὐτήν
LA Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.
EN Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
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GR μέγα ἄνθρωπος καὶ τίμιον ἀνὴρ ἐλεήμων ἄνδρα δὲ πιστὸν ἔργον εὑρεῖν
LA Multi homines misericordes vocantur; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet?
EN Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
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GR ὃς ἀναστρέφεται ἄμωμος ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ μακαρίους τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καταλείψει
LA Justus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet.
EN The just that walks in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
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GR ὅταν βασιλεὺς δίκαιος καθίσῃ ἐπὶ θρόνου οὐκ ἐναντιοῦται ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ πᾶν πονηρόν
LA Rex qui sedet in solio judicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo.
EN The king, that sits on the throne of judgment, scatters away all evil with his look.
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GR τίς καυχήσεται ἁγνὴν ἔχειν τὴν καρδίαν ἢ τίς παρρησιάσεται καθαρὸς εἶναι ἀπὸ ἁμαρτιῶν κακολογοῦντος πατέρα ἢ μητέρα σβεσθήσεται λαμπτήρ αἱ δὲ κόραι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ ὄψονται σκότος μερὶς ἐπισπουδαζομένη ἐν πρώτοις ἐν τοῖς τελευταίοις οὐκ εὐλογηθήσεται μὴ εἴπῃς τείσομαι τὸν ἐχθρόν ἀλλὰ ὑπόμεινον τὸν κύριον ἵνα σοι βοηθήσῃ
LA Quis potest dicere: Mundum est cor meum; purus sum a peccato?
EN Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
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GR στάθμιον μέγα καὶ μικρὸν καὶ μέτρα δισσά ἀκάθαρτα ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ ἀμφότερα
LA Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura: utrumque abominabile est apud Deum.
EN Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
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GR καὶ ὁ ποιῶν αὐτὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτοῦ συμποδισθήσεται νεανίσκος μετὰ ὁσίου καὶ εὐθεῖα ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ
LA Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera ejus.
EN By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
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GR οὖς ἀκούει καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρᾷ κυρίου ἔργα καὶ ἀμφότερα
LA Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem: Dominus fecit utrumque.
EN The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.
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GR μὴ ἀγάπα καταλαλεῖν ἵνα μὴ ἐξαρθῇς διάνοιξον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου καὶ ἐμπλήσθητι ἄρτων
LA Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat: aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus.
EN Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress you: open your eyes, and be filled with bread.
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LA Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur.
EN It is naught, it is naught, says every buyer: and when he has gone away, then he will boast.
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LA Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.
EN There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
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LA Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.
EN Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
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LA Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.
EN The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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LA Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella.
EN Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
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LA Ei qui revelat mysteria, et ambulat fraudulenter, et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis.
EN Meddle not with him that reveals secrets, and walks deceitfully, and opens wide his lips.
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LA Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris:
EN He that curses his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
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LA hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.
EN The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
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LA Ne dicas: Reddam malum: exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te.
EN Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
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GR βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ δισσὸν στάθμιον καὶ ζυγὸς δόλιος οὐ καλὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ
LA Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus; statera dolosa non est bona.
EN Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
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GR παρὰ κυρίου εὐθύνεται τὰ διαβήματα ἀνδρί θνητὸς δὲ πῶς ἂν νοήσαι τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ
LA A Domino diriguntur gressus viri: quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam?
EN The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
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GR παγὶς ἀνδρὶ ταχύ τι τῶν ἰδίων ἁγιάσαι μετὰ γὰρ τὸ εὔξασθαι μετανοεῖν γίνεται
LA Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare.
EN It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
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GR λικμήτωρ ἀσεβῶν βασιλεὺς σοφὸς καὶ ἐπιβαλεῖ αὐτοῖς τροχόν
LA Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem.
EN A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings over them the wheel.
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GR φῶς κυρίου πνοὴ ἀνθρώπων ὃς ἐρευνᾷ ταμίεια κοιλίας
LA Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris.
EN The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searches all the hidden things of the bowels.
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GR ἐλεημοσύνη καὶ ἀλήθεια φυλακὴ βασιλεῖ καὶ περικυκλώσουσιν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ
LA Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem, et roboratur clementia thronus ejus.
EN Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
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GR κόσμος νεανίαις σοφία δόξα δὲ πρεσβυτέρων πολιαί
LA Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities.
EN The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
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GR ὑπώπια καὶ συντρίμματα συναντᾷ κακοῖς πληγαὶ δὲ εἰς ταμίεια κοιλίας
LA Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagæ in secretioribus ventris.
EN The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.
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