Proverbs 28 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] More wise sayings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.
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GR φεύγει ἀσεβὴς μηδενὸς διώκοντος δίκαιος δὲ ὥσπερ λέων πέποιθεν
LA Fugit impius nemine persequente; justus autem, quasi leo confidens, absque terrore erit.
EN The wicked man flees, when no man pursues: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
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GR δι’ ἁμαρτίας ἀσεβῶν κρίσεις ἐγείρονται ἀνὴρ δὲ πανοῦργος κατασβέσει αὐτάς
LA Propter peccata terræ multi principes ejus; et propter hominis sapientiam, et horum scientiam quæ dicuntur, vita ducis longior erit.
EN For the sins of the land many are the princes thereof: and for the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the prince shall be prolonged.
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GR ἀνδρεῖος ἐν ἀσεβείαις συκοφαντεῖ πτωχούς ὥσπερ ὑετὸς λάβρος καὶ ἀνωφελής
LA Vir pauper calumnians pauperes similis est imbri vehementi in quo paratur fames.
EN A poor man that oppresses the poor, is like a violent shower, which brings a famine.
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GR οὕτως οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες τὸν νόμον ἐγκωμιάζουσιν ἀσέβειαν οἱ δὲ ἀγαπῶντες τὸν νόμον περιβάλλουσιν ἑαυτοῖς τεῖχος
LA Qui derelinquunt legem laudant impium; qui custodiunt, succenduntur contra eum.
EN They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.
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GR ἄνδρες κακοὶ οὐ νοήσουσιν κρίμα οἱ δὲ ζητοῦντες τὸν κύριον συνήσουσιν ἐν παντί
LA Viri mali non cogitant judicium; qui autem inquirunt Dominum animadvertunt omnia.
EN Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things.
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GR κρείσσων πτωχὸς πορευόμενος ἐν ἀληθείᾳ πλουσίου ψευδοῦς
LA Melior est pauper ambulans in simplicitate sua quam dives in pravis itineribus.
EN Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
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GR φυλάσσει νόμον υἱὸς συνετός ὃς δὲ ποιμαίνει ἀσωτίαν ἀτιμάζει πατέρα
LA Qui custodit legem filius sapiens est; qui autem comessatores pascit confundit patrem suum.
EN He that keeps the law, is a wise son: but he that feeds gluttons, shames his father.
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GR ὁ πληθύνων τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτοῦ μετὰ τόκων καὶ πλεονασμῶν τῷ ἐλεῶντι πτωχοὺς συνάγει αὐτόν
LA Qui coacervat divitias usuris et fœnore, liberali in pauperes congregat eas.
EN He that heaps together riches by usury and loan, gathers them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.
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GR ὁ ἐκκλίνων τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ τοῦ μὴ εἰσακοῦσαι νόμου καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν προσευχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐβδέλυκται
LA Qui declinat aures suas ne audiat legem, oratio ejus erit execrabilis.
EN He that turns away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.
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GR ὃς πλανᾷ εὐθεῖς ἐν ὁδῷ κακῇ εἰς διαφθορὰν αὐτὸς ἐμπεσεῖται οἱ δὲ ἄνομοι διελεύσονται ἀγαθὰ καὶ οὐκ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς αὐτά
LA Qui decipit justos in via mala, in interitu suo corruet, et simplices possidebunt bona ejus.
EN He that deceives the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods.
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GR σοφὸς παρ’ ἑαυτῷ ἀνὴρ πλούσιος πένης δὲ νοήμων καταγνώσεται αὐτοῦ
LA Sapiens sibi videtur vir dives; pauper autem prudens scrutabitur eum.
EN The rich man seems to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out.
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GR διὰ βοήθειαν δικαίων πολλὴ γίνεται δόξα ἐν δὲ τόποις ἀσεβῶν ἁλίσκονται ἄνθρωποι
LA In exsultatione justorum multa gloria est; regnantibus impiis, ruinæ hominum.
EN In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.
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GR ὁ ἐπικαλύπτων ἀσέβειαν ἑαυτοῦ οὐκ εὐοδωθήσεται ὁ δὲ ἐξηγούμενος ἐλέγχους ἀγαπηθήσεται
LA Qui abscondit scelera sua non dirigetur; qui autem confessus fuerit et reliquerit ea, misericordiam consequetur.
EN He that hides his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.
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GR μακάριος ἀνήρ ὃς καταπτήσσει πάντα δι’ εὐλάβειαν ὁ δὲ σκληρὸς τὴν καρδίαν ἐμπεσεῖται κακοῖς
LA Beatus homo qui semper est pavidus; qui vero mentis est duræ corruet in malum.
EN Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind shall fall into evil.
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GR λέων πεινῶν καὶ λύκος διψῶν ὃς τυραννεῖ πτωχὸς ὢν ἔθνους πενιχροῦ
LA Leo rugiens et ursus esuriens, princeps impius super populum pauperem.
EN As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.
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GR βασιλεὺς ἐνδεὴς προσόδων μέγας συκοφάντης ὁ δὲ μισῶν ἀδικίαν μακρὸν χρόνον ζήσεται
LA Dux indigens prudentia multos opprimet per calumniam; qui autem odit avaritiam, longi fient dies ejus.
EN A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hates covetousness, shall prolong his days.
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GR ἄνδρα τὸν ἐν αἰτίᾳ φόνου ὁ ἐγγυώμενος φυγὰς ἔσται καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ παίδευε υἱόν καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε καὶ δώσει κόσμον τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃς ἔθνει παρανόμῳ
LA Hominem qui calumniatur animæ sanguinem, si usque ad lacum fugerit, nemo sustinet.
EN A man that does violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.
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GR ὁ πορευόμενος δικαίως βεβοήθηται ὁ δὲ σκολιαῖς ὁδοῖς πορευόμενος ἐμπλακήσεται
LA Qui ambulat simpliciter salvus erit; qui perversis graditur viis concidet semel.
EN He that walks uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways, shall fall at once.
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GR ὁ ἐργαζόμενος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γῆν πλησθήσεται ἄρτων ὁ δὲ διώκων σχολὴν πλησθήσεται πενίας
LA Qui operatur terram suam satiabitur panibus; qui autem sectatur otium replebitur egestate.
EN He that tills his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that follows idleness, shall be filled with poverty.
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GR ἀνὴρ ἀξιόπιστος πολλὰ εὐλογηθήσεται ὁ δὲ κακὸς οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται
LA Vir fidelis multum laudabitur; qui autem festinat ditari non erit innocens.
EN A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that makes haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.
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GR ὃς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται πρόσωπα δικαίων οὐκ ἀγαθός ὁ τοιοῦτος ψωμοῦ ἄρτου ἀποδώσεται ἄνδρα
LA Qui cognoscit in judicio faciem non bene facit; iste et pro buccella panis deserit veritatem.
EN He that has respect to a person in judgment, does not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsakes the truth.
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GR σπεύδει πλουτεῖν ἀνὴρ βάσκανος καὶ οὐκ οἶδεν ὅτι ἐλεήμων κρατήσει αὐτοῦ
LA Vir qui festinat ditari, et aliis invidet, ignorat quod egestas superveniet ei.
EN A man that makes haste to be rich, and envies others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.
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GR ὁ ἐλέγχων ἀνθρώπου ὁδοὺς χάριτας ἕξει μᾶλλον τοῦ γλωσσοχαριτοῦντος
LA Qui corripit hominem gratiam postea inveniet apud eum, magis quam ille qui per linguæ blandimenta decipit.
EN He that rebukes a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceives him.
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GR ὃς ἀποβάλλεται πατέρα ἢ μητέρα καὶ δοκεῖ μὴ ἁμαρτάνειν οὗτος κοινωνός ἐστιν ἀνδρὸς ἀσεβοῦς
LA Qui subtrahit aliquid a patre suo et a matre, et dicit hoc non esse peccatum, particeps homicidæ est.
EN He that steals anything from his father, or from his mother: and says, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.
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GR ἄπληστος ἀνὴρ κρίνει εἰκῇ ὃς δὲ πέποιθεν ἐπὶ κύριον ἐν ἐπιμελείᾳ ἔσται
LA Qui se jactat et dilatat, jurgia concitat; qui vero sperat in Domino sanabitur.
EN He that boasts and puffs up himself, stirs up quarrels: but he that trusts in the Lord, shall be healed.
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GR ὃς πέποιθεν θρασείᾳ καρδίᾳ ὁ τοιοῦτος ἄφρων ὃς δὲ πορεύεται σοφίᾳ σωθήσεται
LA Qui confidit in corde suo stultus est; qui autem graditur sapienter, ipse salvabitur.
EN He that trusts in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walks wisely, he shall be saved.
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GR ὃς δίδωσιν πτωχοῖς οὐκ ἐνδεηθήσεται ὃς δὲ ἀποστρέφει τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν πολλῇ ἀπορίᾳ ἔσται
LA Qui dat pauperi non indigebit; qui despicit deprecantem sustinebit penuriam.
EN He that gives to the poor shall not want: he that despises his intreaty, shall suffer indigence.
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GR ἐν τόποις ἀσεβῶν στένουσι δίκαιοι ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐκείνων ἀπωλείᾳ πληθυνθήσονται δίκαιοι
LA Cum surrexerint impii, abscondentur homines; cum illi perierint, multiplicabuntur justi.
EN When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the just shall be multiplied.
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