Proverbs 24 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] More wise sayings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.
Book: Proverbs · ← Proverbs 23 · Proverbs 25 →
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GR υἱέ μὴ ζηλώσῃς κακοὺς ἄνδρας μηδὲ ἐπιθυμήσῃς εἶναι μετ’ αὐτῶν
LA Ne æmuleris viros malos, nec desideres esse cum eis:
EN Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
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GR ψεύδη γὰρ μελετᾷ ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν καὶ πόνους τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν λαλεῖ
LA quia rapinas meditatur mens eorum, et fraudes labia eorum loquuntur.
EN Because their mind studies robberies, and their lips speak deceits.
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GR μετὰ σοφίας οἰκοδομεῖται οἶκος καὶ μετὰ συνέσεως ἀνορθοῦται
LA Sapientia ædificabitur domus, et prudentia roborabitur.
EN By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.
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GR μετὰ αἰσθήσεως ἐμπίμπλαται ταμίεια ἐκ παντὸς πλούτου τιμίου καὶ καλοῦ
LA In doctrina replebuntur cellaria, universa substantia pretiosa et pulcherrima.
EN By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth.
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GR κρείσσων σοφὸς ἰσχυροῦ καὶ ἀνὴρ φρόνησιν ἔχων γεωργίου μεγάλου
LA Vir sapiens fortis est, et vir doctus robustus et validus:
EN A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.
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GR μετὰ κυβερνήσεως γίνεται πόλεμος βοήθεια δὲ μετὰ καρδίας βουλευτικῆς
LA quia cum dispositione initur bellum, et erit salus ubi multa consilia sunt.
EN Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.
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GR σοφία καὶ ἔννοια ἀγαθὴ ἐν πύλαις σοφῶν σοφοὶ οὐκ ἐκκλίνουσιν ἐκ στόματος κυρίου
LA Excelsa stulto sapientia; in porta non aperiet os suum.
EN Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth.
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GR ἀλλὰ λογίζονται ἐν συνεδρίοις ἀπαιδεύτοις συναντᾷ θάνατος
LA Qui cogitat mala facere stultus vocabitur:
EN He that devises to do evils, shall be called a fool.
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GR ἀποθνῄσκει δὲ ἄφρων ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἀκαθαρσία δὲ ἀνδρὶ λοιμῷ ἐμμολυνθήσεται
LA cogitatio stulti peccatum est, et abominatio hominum detractor.
EN The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men.
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GR ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως ἕως ἂν ἐκλίπῃ
LA Si desperaveris lassus in die angustiæ, imminuetur fortitudo tua.
EN If you lose hope, being weary in the day of distress, your strength shall be diminished.
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GR ῥῦσαι ἀγομένους εἰς θάνατον καὶ ἐκπρίου κτεινομένους μὴ φείσῃ
LA Erue eos qui ducuntur ad mortem, et qui trahuntur ad interitum, liberare ne cesses.
EN Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver.
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GR ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃς οὐκ οἶδα τοῦτον γίνωσκε ὅτι κύριος καρδίας πάντων γινώσκει καὶ ὁ πλάσας πνοὴν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς οἶδεν πάντα ὃς ἀποδίδωσιν ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ
LA Si dixeris: Vires non suppetunt; qui inspector est cordis ipse intelligit: et servatorem animæ tuæ nihil fallit, reddetque homini juxta opera sua.
EN If you say: I have not strength enough: he that sees into the heart, he understands, and nothing deceives the keeper of your soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.
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GR φάγε μέλι υἱέ ἀγαθὸν γὰρ κηρίον ἵνα γλυκανθῇ σου ὁ φάρυγξ
LA Comede, fili mi, mel, quia bonum est, et favum dulcissimum gutturi tuo.
EN Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to your throat.
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GR οὕτως αἰσθήσῃ σοφίαν τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ ἐὰν γὰρ εὕρῃς ἔσται καλὴ ἡ τελευτή σου καὶ ἐλπίς σε οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει
LA Sic et doctrina sapientiæ animæ tuæ: quam cum inveneris, habebis in novissimis spem, et spes tua non peribit.
EN So also is the doctrine of wisdom to your soul: which when you have found, you shall have hope in the end, and your hope shall not perish.
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GR μὴ προσαγάγῃς ἀσεβῆ νομῇ δικαίων μηδὲ ἀπατηθῇς χορτασίᾳ κοιλίας
LA Ne insidieris, et quæras impietatem in domo justi, neque vastes requiem ejus.
EN Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.
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GR ἑπτάκι γὰρ πεσεῖται ὁ δίκαιος καὶ ἀναστήσεται οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἀσθενήσουσιν ἐν κακοῖς
LA Septies enim cadet justus, et resurget: impii autem corruent in malum.
EN For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.
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GR ἐὰν πέσῃ ὁ ἐχθρός σου μὴ ἐπιχαρῇς αὐτῷ ἐν δὲ τῷ ὑποσκελίσματι αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐπαίρου
LA Cum ceciderit inimicus tuus ne gaudeas, et in ruina ejus ne exsultet cor tuum:
EN When your enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not your heart rejoice:
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GR ὅτι ὄψεται κύριος καὶ οὐκ ἀρέσει αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποστρέψει τὸν θυμὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
LA ne forte videat Dominus, et displiceat ei, et auferat ab eo iram suam.
EN Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
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GR μὴ χαῖρε ἐπὶ κακοποιοῖς μηδὲ ζήλου ἁμαρτωλούς
LA Ne contendas cum pessimis, nec æmuleris impios:
EN Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.
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GR οὐ γὰρ μὴ γένηται ἔκγονα πονηρῶν λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται
LA quoniam non habent futurorum spem mali, et lucerna impiorum extinguetur.
EN For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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GR φοβοῦ τὸν θεόν υἱέ καὶ βασιλέα καὶ μηθετέρῳ αὐτῶν ἀπειθήσῃς
LA Time Dominum, fili mi, et regem, et cum detractoribus non commiscearis:
EN My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.
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GR ἐξαίφνης γὰρ τείσονται τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς τὰς δὲ τιμωρίας ἀμφοτέρων τίς γνώσεται λόγον φυλασσόμενος υἱὸς ἀπωλείας ἐκτὸς ἔσται δεχόμενος δὲ ἐδέξατο αὐτόν μηδὲν ψεῦδος ἀπὸ γλώσσης βασιλεῖ λεγέσθω καὶ οὐδὲν ψεῦδος ἀπὸ γλώσσης αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃ μάχαιρα γλῶσσα βασιλέως καὶ οὐ σαρκίνη ὃς δ’ ἂν παραδοθῇ συντριβήσεται ἐὰν γὰρ ὀξυνθῇ ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ σὺν νεύροις ἀνθρώπους ἀναλίσκει καὶ ὀστᾶ ἀνθρώπων κατατρώγει καὶ συγκαίει ὥσπερ φλὸξ ὥστε ἄβρωτα εἶναι νεοσσοῖς ἀετῶν
LA quoniam repente consurget perditio eorum, et ruinam utriusque quis novit?
EN For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knows the ruin of both?
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GR ταῦτα δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν τοῖς σοφοῖς ἐπιγινώσκειν αἰδεῖσθαι πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει οὐ καλόν
LA Hæc quoque sapientibus. Cognoscere personam in judicio non est bonum.
EN These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.
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GR ὁ εἰπὼν τὸν ἀσεβῆ δίκαιός ἐστιν ἐπικατάρατος λαοῖς ἔσται καὶ μισητὸς εἰς ἔθνη
LA Qui dicunt impio: Justus es: maledicent eis populi, et detestabuntur eos tribus.
EN They that say to the wicked man: You are just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.
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GR οἱ δὲ ἐλέγχοντες βελτίους φανοῦνται ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς δὲ ἥξει εὐλογία ἀγαθή
LA Qui arguunt eum laudabuntur, et super ipsos veniet benedictio.
EN They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.
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GR χείλη δὲ φιλήσουσιν ἀποκρινόμενα λόγους ἀγαθούς
LA Labia deosculabitur qui recta verba respondet.
EN He shall kiss the lips, who answers right words.
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GR ἑτοίμαζε εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον τὰ ἔργα σου καὶ παρασκευάζου εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ πορεύου κατόπισθέν μου καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσεις τὸν οἶκόν σου
LA Præpara foris opus tuum, et diligenter exerce agrum tuum, ut postea ædifices domum tuam.
EN Prepare your work without, and diligently till your ground: that afterward you may build your house.
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GR μὴ ἴσθι ψευδὴς μάρτυς ἐπὶ σὸν πολίτην μηδὲ πλατύνου σοῖς χείλεσιν
LA Ne sis testis frustra contra proximum tuum, nec lactes quemquam labiis tuis.
EN Be not witness without cause against your neighbour: and deceive not any man with your lips.
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GR μὴ εἴπῃς ὃν τρόπον ἐχρήσατό μοι χρήσομαι αὐτῷ τείσομαι δὲ αὐτὸν ἅ με ἠδίκησεν
LA Ne dicas: Quomodo fecit mihi, sic faciam ei; reddam unicuique secundum opus suum.
EN Say not: I will do to him as he has done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.
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GR ὥσπερ γεώργιον ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ ὥσπερ ἀμπελὼν ἄνθρωπος ἐνδεὴς φρενῶν
LA Per agrum hominis pigri transivi, et per vineam viri stulti:
EN I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:
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GR ἐὰν ἀφῇς αὐτόν χερσωθήσεται καὶ χορτομανήσει ὅλος καὶ γίνεται ἐκλελειμμένος οἱ δὲ φραγμοὶ τῶν λίθων αὐτοῦ κατασκάπτονται
LA et ecce totum repleverant urticæ, et operuerant superficiem ejus spinæ, et maceria lapidum destructa erat.
EN And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.
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GR ὕστερον ἐγὼ μετενόησα ἐπέβλεψα τοῦ ἐκλέξασθαι παιδείαν
LA Quod cum vidissem, posui in corde meo, et exemplo didici disciplinam.
EN Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.
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GR ὀλίγον νυστάζω ὀλίγον δὲ καθυπνῶ ὀλίγον δὲ ἐναγκαλίζομαι χερσὶν στήθη
LA Parum, inquam, dormies, modicum dormitabis; pauxillum manus conseres ut quiescas:
EN You will sleep a little, said I, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to rest.
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GR ἐὰν δὲ τοῦτο ποιῇς ἥξει προπορευομένη ἡ πενία σου καὶ ἡ ἔνδειά σου ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς
LA et veniet tibi quasi cursor egestas, et mendicitas quasi vir armatus.
EN And poverty shall come to you as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
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