Proverbs 26 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] More wise sayings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.
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GR ὥσπερ δρόσος ἐν ἀμήτῳ καὶ ὥσπερ ὑετὸς ἐν θέρει οὕτως οὐκ ἔστιν ἄφρονι τιμή
LA Quomodo nix in æstate, et pluviæ in messe, sic indecens est stulto gloria.
EN As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.
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GR ὥσπερ ὄρνεα πέταται καὶ στρουθοί οὕτως ἀρὰ ματαία οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται οὐδενί
LA Sicut avis ad alia transvolans, et passer quolibet vadens, sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet.
EN As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.
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GR ὥσπερ μάστιξ ἵππῳ καὶ κέντρον ὄνῳ οὕτως ῥάβδος ἔθνει παρανόμῳ
LA Flagellum equo, et camus asino, et virga in dorso imprudentium.
EN A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
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GR μὴ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου ἀφροσύνην ἵνα μὴ ὅμοιος γένῃ αὐτῷ
LA Ne respondeas stulto juxta stultitiam suam, ne efficiaris ei similis.
EN Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be made like him.
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GR ἀλλὰ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι κατὰ τὴν ἀφροσύνην αὐτοῦ ἵνα μὴ φαίνηται σοφὸς παρ’ ἑαυτῷ
LA Responde stulto juxta stultitiam suam, ne sibi sapiens esse videatur.
EN Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
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GR ἐκ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ποδῶν ὄνειδος πίεται ὁ ἀποστείλας δι’ ἀγγέλου ἄφρονος λόγον
LA Claudus pedibus, et iniquitatem bibens, qui mittit verba per nuntium stultum.
EN He that sends words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinks iniquity.
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GR ἀφελοῦ πορείαν σκελῶν καὶ παροιμίαν ἐκ στόματος ἀφρόνων
LA Quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias, sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola.
EN As a lame man has fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
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GR ὃς ἀποδεσμεύει λίθον ἐν σφενδόνῃ ὅμοιός ἐστιν τῷ διδόντι ἄφρονι δόξαν
LA Sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii, ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem.
EN As he that casts a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that gives honour to a fool.
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GR ἄκανθαι φύονται ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ μεθύσου δουλεία δὲ ἐν χειρὶ τῶν ἀφρόνων
LA Quomodo si spina nascatur in manu temulenti, sic parabola in ore stultorum.
EN As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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GR πολλὰ χειμάζεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἀφρόνων συντρίβεται γὰρ ἡ ἔκστασις αὐτῶν
LA Judicium determinat causas, et qui imponit stulto silentium iras mitigat.
EN Judgment determines causes: and he that puts a fool to silence, appeases anger.
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GR ὥσπερ κύων ὅταν ἐπέλθῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἔμετον καὶ μισητὸς γένηται οὕτως ἄφρων τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κακίᾳ ἀναστρέψας ἐπὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίαν ἔστιν αἰσχύνη ἐπάγουσα ἁμαρτίαν καὶ ἔστιν αἰσχύνη δόξα καὶ χάρις
LA Sicut canis qui revertitur ad vomitum suum, sic imprudens qui iterat stultitiam suam.
EN As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is the fool that repeats his folly.
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GR εἶδον ἄνδρα δόξαντα παρ’ ἑαυτῷ σοφὸν εἶναι ἐλπίδα μέντοι ἔσχεν μᾶλλον ἄφρων αὐτοῦ
LA Vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri? magis illo spem habebit insipiens.
EN Have you seen a man wise in his own conceit? There shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
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[!note]- As a bird, etc…
The meaning is, that a curse uttered without cause shall do no harm to the person that is cursed, but will return upon him that curses, as whithersoever a bird flies, it returns to its own nest. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Answer not a fool, etc…
Viz., so as to imitate him but only so as to reprove his folly. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR λέγει ὀκνηρὸς ἀποστελλόμενος εἰς ὁδόν λέων ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς
LA Dicit piger: Leo est in via, et leæna in itineribus.
EN The slothful man says: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
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GR ὥσπερ θύρα στρέφεται ἐπὶ τοῦ στρόφιγγος οὕτως ὀκνηρὸς ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης αὐτοῦ
LA Sicut ostium vertitur in cardine suo, ita piger in lectulo suo.
EN As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed.
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GR κρύψας ὀκνηρὸς τὴν χεῖρα ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ αὐτοῦ οὐ δυνήσεται ἐπενεγκεῖν ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα
LA Abscondit piger manum sub ascella sua, et laborat si ad os suum eam converterit.
EN The slothful hides his hand under his armpit, and it grieves him to turn it to his mouth.
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GR σοφώτερος ἑαυτῷ ὀκνηρὸς φαίνεται τοῦ ἐν πλησμονῇ ἀποκομίζοντος ἀγγελίαν
LA Sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias.
EN The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.
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GR ὥσπερ ὁ κρατῶν κέρκου κυνός οὕτως ὁ προεστὼς ἀλλοτρίας κρίσεως
LA Sicut qui apprehendit auribus canem, sic qui transit impatiens et commiscetur rixæ alterius.
EN As he that takes a dog by the ears, so is he that passes by in anger, and meddles with another man’s quarrel.
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GR ὥσπερ οἱ ἰώμενοι προβάλλουσιν λόγους εἰς ἀνθρώπους ὁ δὲ ἀπαντήσας τῷ λόγῳ πρῶτος ὑποσκελισθήσεται
LA Sicut noxius est qui mittit sagittas et lanceas in mortem,
EN As he is guilty that shoots arrows, and lances unto death.
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GR οὕτως πάντες οἱ ἐνεδρεύοντες τοὺς ἑαυτῶν φίλους ὅταν δὲ φωραθῶσιν λέγουσιν ὅτι παίζων ἔπραξα
LA ita vir fraudulenter nocet amico suo, et cum fuerit deprehensus dicit: Ludens feci.
EN So is the man that hurts his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, says: I did it in jest.
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GR ἐν πολλοῖς ξύλοις θάλλει πῦρ ὅπου δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν δίθυμος ἡσυχάζει μάχη
LA Cum defecerint ligna extinguetur ignis, et susurrone subtracto, jurgia conquiescent.
EN When the wood fails, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.
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GR ἐσχάρα ἄνθραξιν καὶ ξύλα πυρί ἀνὴρ δὲ λοίδορος εἰς ταραχὴν μάχης
LA Sicut carbones ad prunas, et ligna ad ignem, sic homo iracundus suscitat rixas.
EN As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirs up strife.
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GR λόγοι κερκώπων μαλακοί οὗτοι δὲ τύπτουσιν εἰς ταμίεια σπλάγχνων
LA Verba susurronis quasi simplicia, et ipsa perveniunt ad intima ventris.
EN The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.
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GR ἀργύριον διδόμενον μετὰ δόλου ὥσπερ ὄστρακον ἡγητέον χείλη λεῖα καρδίαν καλύπτει λυπηράν
LA Quomodo si argento sordido ornare velis vas fictile, sic labia tumentia cum pessimo corde sociata.
EN Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.
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GR χείλεσιν πάντα ἐπινεύει ἀποκλαιόμενος ἐχθρός ἐν δὲ τῇ καρδίᾳ τεκταίνεται δόλους
LA Labiis suis intelligitur inimicus, cum in corde tractaverit dolos.
EN An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertains deceit.
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GR ἐάν σου δέηται ὁ ἐχθρὸς μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ μὴ πεισθῇς ἑπτὰ γάρ εἰσιν πονηρίαι ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ
LA Quando submiserit vocem suam, ne credideris ei, quoniam septem nequitiæ sunt in corde illius.
EN When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.
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GR ὁ κρύπτων ἔχθραν συνίστησιν δόλον ἐκκαλύπτει δὲ τὰς ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίας εὔγνωστος ἐν συνεδρίοις
LA Qui operit odium fraudulenter, revelabitur malitia ejus in consilio.
EN He that covers hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.
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GR ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον τῷ πλησίον ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς αὐτόν ὁ δὲ κυλίων λίθον ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν κυλίει
LA Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui volvit lapidem revertetur ad eum.
EN He that digs a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, it shall return to him.
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GR γλῶσσα ψευδὴς μισεῖ ἀλήθειαν στόμα δὲ ἄστεγον ποιεῖ ἀκαταστασίας
LA Lingua fallax non amat veritatem, et os lubricum operatur ruinas.
EN A deceitful tongue loves not truth: and a slippery mouth works ruin.
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