Proverbs 27 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] More wise sayings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.
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GR μὴ καυχῶ τὰ εἰς αὔριον οὐ γὰρ γινώσκεις τί τέξεται ἡ ἐπιοῦσα
LA Ne glorieris in crastinum, ignorans quid superventura pariat dies.
EN Boast not for tomorrow, for you know not what the day to come may bring forth.
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GR ἐγκωμιαζέτω σε ὁ πέλας καὶ μὴ τὸ σὸν στόμα ἀλλότριος καὶ μὴ τὰ σὰ χείλη
LA Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum; extraneus, et non labia tua.
EN Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: a stranger, and not your own lips.
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GR βαρὺ λίθος καὶ δυσβάστακτον ἄμμος ὀργὴ δὲ ἄφρονος βαρυτέρα ἀμφοτέρων
LA Grave est saxum, et onerosa arena, sed ira stulti utroque gravior.
EN A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
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GR ἀνελεήμων θυμὸς καὶ ὀξεῖα ὀργή ἀλλ’ οὐδένα ὑφίσταται ζῆλος
LA Ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor, et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit?
EN Anger has no mercy: nor fury, when it breaks forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
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GR κρείσσους ἔλεγχοι ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι κρυπτομένης φιλίας
LA Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus.
EN Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
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GR ἀξιοπιστότερά ἐστιν τραύματα φίλου ἢ ἑκούσια φιλήματα ἐχθροῦ
LA Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta oscula odientis.
EN Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
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GR ψυχὴ ἐν πλησμονῇ οὖσα κηρίοις ἐμπαίζει ψυχῇ δὲ ἐνδεεῖ καὶ τὰ πικρὰ γλυκεῖα φαίνεται
LA Anima saturata calcabit favum, et anima esuriens etiam amarum pro dulci sumet.
EN A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
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GR ὥσπερ ὅταν ὄρνεον καταπετασθῇ ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας νοσσιᾶς οὕτως ἄνθρωπος δουλοῦται ὅταν ἀποξενωθῇ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τόπων
LA Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo, sic vir qui derelinquit locum suum.
EN As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that leaves his place.
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GR μύροις καὶ οἴνοις καὶ θυμιάμασιν τέρπεται καρδία καταρρήγνυται δὲ ὑπὸ συμπτωμάτων ψυχή
LA Unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor, et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur.
EN Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
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GR φίλον σὸν ἢ φίλον πατρῷον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς εἰς δὲ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου μὴ εἰσέλθῃς ἀτυχῶν κρείσσων φίλος ἐγγὺς ἢ ἀδελφὸς μακρὰν οἰκῶν
LA Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris, et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuæ. Melior est vicinus juxta quam frater procul.
EN Your own friend, and your father’s friend, forsake not: and go not into your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.
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GR σοφὸς γίνου υἱέ ἵνα εὐφραίνηταί μου ἡ καρδία καὶ ἀπόστρεψον ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπονειδίστους λόγους
LA Stude sapientiæ, fili mi, et lætifica cor meum, ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem.
EN Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that you may give an answer to him that reproaches.
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GR πανοῦργος κακῶν ἐπερχομένων ἀπεκρύβη ἄφρονες δὲ ἐπελθόντες ζημίαν τείσουσιν
LA Astutus videns malum, absconditus est: parvuli transeuntes sustinuerunt dispendia.
EN The prudent man seeing evil hides himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
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GR ἀφελοῦ τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ παρῆλθεν γάρ ὑβριστὴς ὅστις τὰ ἀλλότρια λυμαίνεται
LA Tolle vestimentum ejus qui spopondit pro extraneo, et pro alienis aufer ei pignus.
EN Take away his garment that has been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
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GR ὃς ἂν εὐλογῇ φίλον τὸ πρωὶ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ καταρωμένου οὐδὲν διαφέρειν δόξει
LA Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi, de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit.
EN He that blesses his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curses.
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GR σταγόνες ἐκβάλλουσιν ἄνθρωπον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ χειμερινῇ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ ὡσαύτως καὶ γυνὴ λοίδορος ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου
LA Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier comparantur.
EN Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
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GR βορέας σκληρὸς ἄνεμος ὀνόματι δὲ ἐπιδέξιος καλεῖται
LA Qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat, et oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit.
EN He that retains her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.
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GR σίδηρος σίδηρον ὀξύνει ἀνὴρ δὲ παροξύνει πρόσωπον ἑταίρου
LA Ferrum ferro exacuitur, et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.
EN Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
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GR ὃς φυτεύει συκῆν φάγεται τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτῆς ὃς δὲ φυλάσσει τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κύριον τιμηθήσεται
LA Qui servat ficum comedet fructus ejus, et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur.
EN He that keeps the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
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GR ὥσπερ οὐχ ὅμοια πρόσωπα προσώποις οὕτως οὐδὲ αἱ καρδίαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων
LA Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium, sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus.
EN As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
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GR ᾅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια οὐκ ἐμπίμπλανται ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄπληστοι βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ στηρίζων ὀφθαλμόν καὶ οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἀκρατεῖς γλώσσῃ
LA Infernus et perditio numquam implentur: similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles.
EN Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
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GR δοκίμιον ἀργύρῳ καὶ χρυσῷ πύρωσις ἀνὴρ δὲ δοκιμάζεται διὰ στόματος ἐγκωμιαζόντων αὐτόν καρδία ἀνόμου ἐκζητεῖ κακά καρδία δὲ εὐθὴς ἐκζητεῖ γνῶσιν
LA Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.
EN As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praises. The heart of the wicked seeks after evils, but the righteous heart seeks after knowledge.
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GR ἐὰν μαστιγοῖς ἄφρονα ἐν μέσῳ συνεδρίου ἀτιμάζων οὐ μὴ περιέλῃς τὴν ἀφροσύνην αὐτοῦ
LA Si contuderis stultum in pila quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus.
EN Though you should bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle strikes upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
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GR γνωστῶς ἐπιγνώσῃ ψυχὰς ποιμνίου σου καὶ ἐπιστήσεις καρδίαν σου σαῖς ἀγέλαις
LA Diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui, tuosque greges considera:
EN Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks:
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GR ὅτι οὐ τὸν αἰῶνα ἀνδρὶ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς οὐδὲ παραδίδωσιν ἐκ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεάν
LA non enim habebis jugiter potestatem, sed corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem.
EN For you shall not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
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GR ἐπιμελοῦ τῶν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ χλωρῶν καὶ κερεῖς πόαν καὶ σύναγε χόρτον ὀρεινόν
LA Aperta sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbæ virentes, et collecta sunt fœna de montibus.
EN The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
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GR ἵνα ἔχῃς πρόβατα εἰς ἱματισμόν τίμα πεδίον ἵνα ὦσίν σοι ἄρνες
LA Agni ad vestimentum tuum, et hædi ad agri pretium.
EN Lambs are for your clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
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GR υἱέ παρ’ ἐμοῦ ἔχεις ῥήσεις ἰσχυρὰς εἰς τὴν ζωήν σου καὶ εἰς τὴν ζωὴν σῶν θεραπόντων
LA Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos, et in necessaria domus tuæ, et ad victum ancillis tuis.
EN Let the milk of the goats be enough for your food, and for the necessities of your house, and for maintenance for your handmaids.
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