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And these sentences are also called PARABLES, because great +truths are often couched in them under certain figures and similitudes. + + +Proverbs Chapter 1 + +The use and end of the proverbs. An exhortation to flee the company of +the wicked: and to hearken to the voice of wisdom. + +1:1. The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, + +1:2. To know wisdom, and instruction: + +1:3. To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction +of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity: + +1:4. To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and +understanding. + +1:5. A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that +understandeth shall possess governments. + +1:6. He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of +the wise, and their mysterious sayings. + +1:7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise +wisdom and instruction. + +1:8. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law +of thy mother: + +1:9. That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy +neck. + +1:10. My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them. + +1:11. If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let +us hide snares for the innocent without cause: + +1:12. Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth +down into the pit. + +1:13. We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses +with spoils. + +1:14. Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse. + +1:15. My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their +paths. + +1:16. For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. + +1:17. But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have +wings. + +1:18. And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise +deceits against their own souls. + +1:19. So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the +possessors. + +1:20. Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets: + +1:21. At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the +gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying: + +1:22. O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet +those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate +knowledge? + +1:23. Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and +will shew you my words. + +1:24. Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and +there was none that regarded. + +1:25. You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my +reprehensions. + +1:26. I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that +shall come to you which you feared. + +1:27. When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a +tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon +you: + +1:28. Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise +in the morning, and shall not find me: + +1:29. Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of +the Lord, + +1:30. Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. + +1:31. Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be +filled with their own devices. + +1:32. The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the +prosperity of fools shall destroy them. + +1:33. But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall +enjoy abundance, without fear of evils. + +Proverbs Chapter 2 + +The advantages of wisdom: and the evils from which it delivers. + +2:1. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my +commandments with thee, + +2:2. That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know +prudence. + +2:3. For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to +prudence: + +2:4. If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a +treasure: + +2:5. Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the +knowledge of God: + +2:6. Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh +prudence and knowledge. + +2:7. He wilt keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that +walk in simplicity, + +2:8. Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints. + +2:9. Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and +every good path. + +2:10. If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy +soul: + +2:11. Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, + +2:12. That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man +that speaketh perverse things: + +2:13. Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways: + +2:14. Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most +wicked things: + +2:15. Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous. + +2:16. That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the +stranger, who softeneth her words; + +2:17. And forsaketh the guide of her youth, + +2:18. And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house +inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell. + +2:19. None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they +take hold of the paths of life. + +2:20. That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of +the just. + +2:21. For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the +simple shall continue in it. + +2:22. But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do +unjustly, shall be taken away from it. + +Proverbs Chapter 3 + +An exhortation to the practice of virtue. + +3:1. My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments. + +3:2. For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and +peace. + +3:3. Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and +write them in the tables of thy heart. + +3:4. And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and +men. + +3:5. Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon +thy own prudence. + +3:6. In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. + +3:7. Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil: + +3:8. For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones. + +3:9. Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of +all thy fruits; + +3:10. And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses +shall run over with wine. + +3:11. My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint +when thou art chastised by him: + +3:12. For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the +son he pleaseth himself. + +3:13. Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence: + +3:14. The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, +and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: + +3:15. She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are +desired, are not to be compared to her. + +3:16. Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches +and glory. + +3:17. Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable. + +3:18. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that +shall retain her is blessed. + +3:19. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the +heavens by prudence. + +3:20. By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow +thick with dew. + +3:21. My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law +and counsel: + +3:22. And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth. + +3:23. Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall +not stumble: + +3:24. If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep +shall be sweet. + +3:25. Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked +falling upon thee. + +3:26. For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou +be not taken. + +3:27. Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art +able, do good thyself also. + +3:28. Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will +give to thee: when thou canst give at present. + +3:29. Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in +thee. + +3:30. Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no +evil. + +3:31. Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways. + +3:32. For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his +communication is with the simple. + +3:33. Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the +habitations of the just shall be blessed. + +3:34. He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace. + +3:35. The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace. + +Proverbs Chapter 4 + +A further exhortation to seek after wisdom. + +4:1. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend, that +you may know prudence. + +4:2. I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law. + +4:3. For I also was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the +sight of my mother: + +4:4. And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my +commandments, and thou shalt live. + +4:5. Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the +words of my mouth. + +4:6. Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall +preserve thee. + +4:7. The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession +purchase prudence. + +4:8. Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified +by her, when thou shalt embrace her. + +4:9. She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee +with a noble crown. + +4:10. Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be +multiplied to thee. + +4:11. I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths +of equity: + +4:12. Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be +straitened, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock. + +4:13. Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy +life. + +4:14. Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way +of evil men please thee. + +4:15. Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it. + +4:16. For they sleep not, except they have done evil: and their sleep is +taken away unless they have made some to fall. + +4:17. They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity. + +4:18. But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards, and +increaseth even to perfect day. + +4:19. The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall. + +4:20. My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings. + +4:21. Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy +heart: + +4:22. For they are life to those that find them, and health to all +flesh. + +4:23. With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out +from it. + +4:24. Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far +from thee. + +4:25. Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy +steps. + +4:26. Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be +established. + +4:27. Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot +from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but +those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy +courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace. + +Proverbs Chapter 5 + +An exhortation to fly unlawful lust, and the occasions of it. + +5:1. My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence, + +5:2. That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve +instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman. + +5:3. For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her +throat is smoother than oil. + +5:4. But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. + +5:5. Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. + +5:6. They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and +unaccountable. + +5:7. Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of +my mouth. + +5:8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her +house. + +5:9. Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel. + +5:10. Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in +another man's house, + +5:11. And thou mourn at the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh +and thy body, and say; + +5:12. Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to +reproof, + +5:13. And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not +inclined my ear to masters? + +5:14. I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of +the congregation. + +5:15. Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own +well: + +5:16. Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide +thy waters. + +5:17. Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers +with thee. + +5:18. Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth: + +5:19. Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her +breasts inebriate thee at all times: be thou delighted continually with +her love. + +5:20. Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art +cherished in the bosom of another? + +5:21. The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps. + +5:22. His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the +ropes of his own sins. + +5:23. He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the +multitude of his folly he shall be deceived. + +Proverbs Chapter 6 + +Documents on several heads. + +6:1. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast +thy hand to a stranger, + +6:2. Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy +own words. + +6:3. Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because +thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, +stir up thy friend: + +6:4. Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber. + +6:5. Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand +of the fowler. + +6:6. Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom: + +6:7. Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain, + +6:8. Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her +food in the harvest. + +6:9. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of +thy sleep? + +6:10. Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt +fold thy hands a little to sleep: + +6:11. And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a +man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a +fountain, and want shall flee far from thee. + +6:12. A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a +perverse mouth, + +6:13. He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with +the finger. + +6:14. With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth +discord. + +6:15. To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall +suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy. + +6:16. Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his +soul detesteth: + +6:17. Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, + +6:18. A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run +into mischief, + +6:19. A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth +discord among brethren. + +6:20. My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the +law of thy mother. + +6:21. Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck. + +6:22. When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let +them keep thee, and when thou awakest, talk with them. + +6:23. Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and +reproofs of instruction are the way of life: + +6:24. That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the +flattering tongue of the stranger. + +6:25. Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks: + +6:26. For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman +catcheth the precious soul of a man. + +6:27. Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn? + +6:28. Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt? + +6:29. So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean +when he shall touch her. + +6:30. The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth +to fill his hungry soul: + +The fault is not so great, etc... The sin of theft is not so great, as +to be compared with adultery: especially when a person pressed with +hunger (which is the case here spoken of) steals to satisfy nature. +Moreover the damage done by theft may much more easily be repaired, than +the wrong done by adultery. But this does not hinder, but that theft +also is a mortal sin, forbidden by one of the ten commandments. + +6:31. And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up +all the substance of his house. + +6:32. But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall +destroy his own soul: + +6:33. He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach +shall not be blotted out: + +6:34. Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the +day of revenge, + +6:35. Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for +satisfaction ever so many gifts. + +Proverbs Chapter 7 + +The love of wisdom is the best preservative from being led astray by +temptation. + +7:1. My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son, + +7:2. Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple +of thy eye: + +7:3. Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart. + +7:4. Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend, + +7:5. That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from +the stranger who sweeteneth her words. + +7:6. For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice, + +7:7. And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man, + +7:8. Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the +way of her house, + +7:9. In the dark when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of +the night. + +7:10. And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire, prepared to +deceive souls: talkative and wandering, + +7:11. Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home, + +7:12. Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the +corners. + +7:13. And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent +face, flattereth, saying: + +7:14. I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows. + +7:15. Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I +have found thee. + +7:16. I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted +tapestry, brought from Egypt. + +7:17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. + +7:18. Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the +desired embraces, till the day appear. + +7:19. For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey. + +7:20. He took with him a bag of money: he will return home the day of +the full moon. + +7:21. She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the +flattery of her lips. + +7:22. Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a +lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to +bonds, + +7:23. Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to +the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger. + +7:24. Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my +mouth. + +7:25. Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou +deceived with her paths. + +7:26. For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been +slain by her. + +7:27. Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers +of death. + +Proverbs Chapter 8 + +The preaching of wisdom. Her excellence. + +8:1. Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice? + +8:2. Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst +of the paths, + +8:3. Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, +saying: + +8:4. O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men. + +8:5. O little ones understand subtlety, and ye unwise, take notice. + +8:6. Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened +to preach right things. + +8:7. My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness. + +8:8. All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in +them. + +8:9. They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find +knowledge. + +8:10. Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather +than gold. + +8:11. For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and +whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it. + +8:12. I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts. + +8:13. The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and +every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue. + +8:14. Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine. + +8:15. By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things. + +8:16. By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice. + +8:17. I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch +for me, shall find me. + +8:18. With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice. + +8:19. For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my +blossoms than choice silver. + +8:20. I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of +judgment, + +8:21. That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures. + +8:22. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made +any thing from the beginning. + +8:23. I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was made. + +8:24. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived, neither +had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out. + +8:25. The mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been +established: before the hills, I was brought forth: + +8:26. He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of +the world. + +8:27. When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain +law, and compass, he enclosed the depths: + +8:28. When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of +waters: + +8:29. When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the +waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the +foundations of the earth; + +8:30. I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, +playing before him at all times; + +8:31. Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children +of men. + +8:32. Now, therefore, ye children, hear me: blessed are they that keep +my ways. + +8:33. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. + +8:34. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my +gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. + +8:35. He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation +from the Lord. + +8:36. But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that +hate me love death. + +Proverbs Chapter 9 + +Wisdom invites all to her feast. Folly calls another way. + +9:1. Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven +pillars. + +9:2. She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her +table. + +9:3. She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of +the city: + +9:4. Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise +she said: + +9:5. Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for +you. + +9:6. Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence. + +9:7. He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that +rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot. + +9:8. Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he +will love thee. + +9:9. Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. +Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it. + +9:10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge +of the holy is prudence. + +9:11. For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be +added to thee. + +9:12. If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, +thou alone shalt bear the evil. + +9:13. A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and +knowing nothing at all, + +9:14. Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the +city, + +9:15. To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey: + +9:16. He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she +said: + +9:17. Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant. + +9:18. And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are +in the depths of hell. + +Proverbs Chapter 10 + +In the twenty following chapters are contained many wise sayings and +axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice. + +10:1. A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow +of his mother. + +10:2. Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall +deliver from death. + +10:3. The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he +will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked. + +10:4. The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the +industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: +and the same runneth after birds, that fly away. + +10:5. He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that +snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion. + +10:6. The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but +iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked. + +10:7. The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked +shall rot. + +10:8. The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips. + +10:9. He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that +perverteth his ways, shall be manifest. + +10:10. He that winketh with the eye, shall cause sorrow: and the foolish +in lips shall be beaten. + +10:11. The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the +wicked covereth iniquity. + +10:12. Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins. + +10:13. In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of +him that wanteth sense. + +10:14. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to +confusion. + +10:15. The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear +of the poor is their poverty. + +10:16. The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked +unto sin. + +10:17. The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that +forsaketh reproofs, goeth astray. + +10:18. Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach, is foolish. + +10:19. In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that +refraineth his lips, is most wise. + +10:20. The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the +wicked is nothing worth. + +10:21. The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, +shall die in the want of understanding. + +10:22. The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall +affliction be joined to them. + +10:23. A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is +prudence to a man. + +10:24. That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just +their desire shall be given. + +10:25. As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but +the just is as an everlasting foundation. + +10:26. As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the +sluggard to them that sent him. + +10:27. The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the +wicked shall be shortened. + +10:28. The expectation of the just is joy: but the hope of the wicked +shall perish. + +10:29. The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to +them that work evil. + +10:30. The just shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on +the earth. + +10:31. The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the +perverse shall perish. + +10:32. The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth +of the wicked uttereth perverse things. + +Proverbs Chapter 11 + +11:1. A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just +weight is his will. + +11:2. Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility +is, there also is wisdom. + +11:3. The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness +of the wicked shall destroy them. + +11:4. Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall +deliver from death. + +11:5. The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the +wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness. + +11:6. The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust +shall be caught in their own snares. + +11:7. When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and +the expectation of the solicitous shall perish. + +11:8. The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be +given up for him. + +11:9. The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just +shall be delivered by knowledge. + +11:10. When it goeth well with the just, the city shall rejoice: and +when the wicked perish, there shall be praise. + +11:11. By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the +mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown. + +11:12. He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man +will hold his peace. + +11:13. He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is +faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend. + +11:14. Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is +safety where there is much counsel. + +11:15. He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: +but he that is aware of snares, shall be secure. + +11:16. A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have +riches. + +11:17. A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel +casteth off even his own kindred. + +11:18. The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth +justice, there is a faithful reward. + +11:19. Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death. + +11:20. A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in +them that walk sincerely. + +11:21. Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of +the just shall be saved. + +11:22. A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish. + +11:23. The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked +is indignation. + +11:24. Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take +away what is not their own, and are always in want. + +11:25. The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that +inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. + +11:26. He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a +blessing upon the head of them that sell. + +11:27. Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that +seeketh after evil things, shall be oppressed by them. + +11:28. He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall +spring up as a green leaf. + +11:29. He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the +fool shall serve the wise. + +11:30. The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth +souls is wise. + +11:31. If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked +and the sinner. + +Proverbs Chapter 12 + +12:1. He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth +reproof, is foolish. + +12:2. He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that +trusteth in his own devices, doth wickedly. + +12:3. Man shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the +just shall not be moved. + +12:4. A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth +things worthy of confusion, is as rottenness in his bones. + +12:5. The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the +wicked are deceitful. + +12:6. The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the +just shall deliver them. + +12:7. Turn the wicked, and they shall not be: but the house of the just +shall stand firm. + +12:8. A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and +foolish, shall be exposed to contempt. + +12:9. Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is +glorious and wanteth bread. + +12:10. The just regardeth the lives of his beasts: but the bowels of the +wicked are cruel. + +12:11. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he +that pursueth idleness is very foolish. + +12:12. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a +reproach in his strong holds. + +12:12. The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but +the root of the just shall prosper. + +12:13. For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but +the just shall escape out of distress. + +12:14. By the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good +things, and according to the works of his hands it shall be repaid him. + +12:15. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise +hearkeneth unto counsels. + +12:16. A fool immediately sheweth his anger: but he that dissembleth +injuries is wise. + +12:17. He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: +but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness. + +12:18. There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword +of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health. + +12:19. The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a +hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue. + +12:20. Deceit is in the heart of them that think evil things: but joy +followeth them that take counsels of peace. + +12:21. Whatsoever shall befall the just man, shall not make him sad: but +the wicked shall be filled with mischief. + +12:22. Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal +faithfully, please him. + +12:23. A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools +publisheth folly. + +12:24. The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is +slothful shall be under tribute. + +12:25. Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good +word he shall be made glad. + +12:26. He that neglecteth a loss for the sake of a friend, is just: but +the way of the wicked shall deceive them. + +12:27. The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a +just man shall be precious gold. + +12:28. In the path of justice is life: but the bye-way leadeth to death. + +Proverbs Chapter 13 + +13:1. A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a +scorner, heareth not when he is reproved. + +13:2. Of the fruit of his own month shall a man be filled with good +things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked. + +13:3. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no +guard on his speech shall meet with evils. + +13:4. The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that +work, shall be made fat. + +13:5. The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and +shall be confounded. + +13:6. Justice keepeth the way of the innocent: but wickedness +overthroweth the sinner. + +13:7. One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing and another is as it +were poor, when he hath great riches. + +13:8. The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but he that is poor, +beareth not reprehension. + +13:9. The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall +be put out. + +13:10. Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do +all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom. + +13:11. Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by +little and little is gathered with the hand, shall increase. + +13:12. Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh, +is a tree of life. + +13:13. Whosoever speaketh ill of any thing, bindeth himself for the time +to come: but he that feareth the commandment, shall dwell in peace. +Deceitful souls go astray in sins: the just are merciful, and shew +mercy. + +13:14. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline +from the ruin of death. + +13:15. Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a +deep pit. + +13:16. The prudent man doth all things with counsel: but he that is a +fool, layeth open his folly. + +13:17. The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a +faithful ambassador is health. + +13:18. Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that +yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified. + +13:19. The desire that is accomplished, delighteth the soul: fools hate +them that flee from evil things. + +13:20. He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools +shall become like to them. + +13:21. Evil pursueth sinners: and to the just good shall be repaid. + +13:22. The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the +substance of the sinner is kept for the just. + +13:23. Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is +gathered without judgment. + +13:24. He that spareth the rod, hateth his son: but he that loveth him, +correcteth him betimes. + +13:25. The just eateth and filleth his soul: but the belly of the wicked +is never to be filled. + +Proverbs Chapter 14 + +14:1. A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down +with her hands that also which is built. + +14:2. He that walketh in the right way, and feareth God, is despised by +him that goeth by an infamous way. + +14:3. In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the +wise preserve them. + +14:4. Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is +much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest. + +14:5. A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful witness uttereth +a lie. + +14:6. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the +wise is easy. + +14:7. Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence. + +14:8. The wisdom of a discreet man is to understand his way: and the +imprudence of fools erreth. + +14:9. A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide. + +14:10. The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy +the stranger shall not intermeddle. + +14:11. The house of the wicked shall be destroyed: but the tabernacles +of the just shall flourish. + +14:12. There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof +lead to death. + +14:13. Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold +of the ends of joy. + +14:14. A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall +be above him. + +14:15. The innocent believeth every word: the discreet man considereth +his steps. No good shall come to the deceitfnl son: but the wise +servant shall prosper in his dealings, and his way shall be made +straight. + +14:16. A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth +over, and is confident. + +14:17. The impatient man shall work folly: and the crafty man is +hateful. + +14:18. The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent shall look for +knowledge. + +14:19. The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before +the gates of the just. + +14:20. The poor man shall be hateful even to his own neighbour: but the +friends of the rich are many. + +14:21. He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that sheweth +mercy to the poor, shall be blessed. He that believeth in the Lord, +loveth mercy. + +14:22. They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things. + +14:23. In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many +words, there is oftentimes want. + +14:24. The crown of the wise, is their riches: the folly of fools, +imprudence. + +14:25. A faithful witness delivereth souls: and the double dealer +uttereth lies. + +14:26. In the fear of the Lord is confidence of strength, and there +shall be hope for his children. + +14:27. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the +ruin of death. + +14:28. In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the +small number of the people the dishonour of the prince. + +14:29. He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is +impatient, exalteth his folly. + +14:30. Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the +rottenness of the bones. + +14:31. He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his maker: but he that +hath pity on the poor, honoureth him. + +14:32. The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the +just hath hope in his death. + +14:33. In the heart of the prudent resteth wisdom, and it shall instruct +all the ignorant. + +14:34. Justice exalteth a nation: but sin maketh nations miserable. + +14:35. A wise servant is acceptable to the king: he that is good for +nothing shall feel his anger. + +Proverbs Chapter 15 + +15:1. A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury. + +15:2. The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools +bubbleth out folly. + +15:3. The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil. + +15:4. A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is +immoderate, shall crush the spirit. + +15:5. A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that +regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is +the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted +out. + +15:6. The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of +the wicked is trouble. + +15:7. The lips of the wise shall disperse knowledge: the heart of fools +shall be unlike. + +15:8. The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of +the just are acceptable. + +15:9. The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: he that +followeth justice is beloved by him. + +15:10. Instruction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way of life: he +that hateth reproof shall die. + +15:11. Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the +hearts of the children of men? + +15:12. A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go +to the wise. + +15:13. A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind +the spirit is cast down. + +15:14. The heart of the wise seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools +feedeth on foolishness. + +15:15. All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a +continual feast. + +15:16. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great +treasures without content. + +15:17. It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted +calf with hatred. + +15:18. A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient +appeaseth those that are stirred up. + +15:19. The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns: the way of the +just is without offence. + +15:20. A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth +his mother. + +15:21. Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man maketh straight his +steps. + +15:22. Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but +where there are many counsellors, they are established. + +15:23. A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due +time is best. + +15:24. The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from +the lowest hell. + +15:25. The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: and will strengthen +the borders of the widow. + +15:26. Evil thoughts are an abomination to the Lord: and pure words most +beautiful shall be confirmed by him. + +15:27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that +hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and +by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil. + +15:28. The mind of the just studieth obedience: the mouth of the wicked +overfloweth with evils. + +15:29. The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of +the just. + +15:30. The light of the eyes rejoiceth the soul: a good name maketh the +bones fat. + +15:31. The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the +midst of the wise. + +15:32. He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he +that yieldeth to reproof, possesseth understanding. + +15:33. The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goeth +before glory. + +Proverbs Chapter 16 + +16:1. It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to +govern the tongue. + +It is the part of man, etc... That is, a man should prepare in his heart +and soul what he is to say: but after all, it must be the Lord that must +govern his tongue, to speak to the purpose. Not that we can think any +thing of good without God's grace; but that after we have (with God's +grace) thought and prepared within our souls what we would speak, if God +does not govern our tongue, we shall not succeed in what we speak. + +16:2. All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the +weigher of spirits. + +16:3. Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be +directed. + +16:4. The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the +evil day. + +16:5. Every proud man is an abomination to the Lord: though hand should +be joined to hand, he is not innocent. The beginning of a good way is +to do justice: and this is more acceptable with God, than to offer +sacrifices. + +16:6. By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the +Lord men depart from evil. + +16:7. When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even +his enemies to peace. + +16:8. Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with +iniquity. + +16:9. The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his +steps. + +16:10. Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in +judgment. + +16:11. Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all +the weights of the bag. + +16:12. They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne +is established by justice. + +16:13. Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things +shall be loved. + +16:14. The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man +will pacify it. + +16:15. In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his +clemency is like the latter rain. + +16:16. Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase +prudence, for it is more precious than silver. + +16:17. The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his +soul keepeth his way. + +16:18. Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up +before a fall. + +16:19. It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils +with the proud. + +16:20. The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth +in the Lord is blessed. + +16:21. The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet +in words, shall attain to greater things. + +16:22. Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the +instruction of fools is foolishness. + +16:23. The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add +grace to his lips. + +16:24. Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and +health to the bones. + +16:25. There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof +lead to death. + +16:26. The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because +his mouth hath obliged him to it. + +16:27. The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire. + +16:28. A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words +separateth princes. + +16:29. An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way +that is not good. + +16:30. He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, +bringeth evil to pass. + +16:31. Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of +justice. + +16:32. The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth +his spirit, than he that taketh cities. + +16:33. Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord. + +Proverbs Chapter 17 + +17:1. Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with +strife. + +17:2. A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the +inheritance among the brethren. + +17:3. As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord +trieth the hearts. + +17:4. The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful +hearkeneth to lying lips. + +17:5. He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that +rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished. + +17:6. Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of +children are their fathers. + +17:7. Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince. + +17:8. The expectation of him that expecteth is a most acceptable jewel: +whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely. + +17:9. He that concealeth a transgression, seeketh friendships: he that +repeateth it again, separateth friends. + +17:10. A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes +with a fool. + +17:11. An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be +sent against him. + +17:12. It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool +trusting in his own folly. + +17:13. He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his +house. + +17:14. The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: and +before he suffereth reproach, he forsaketh judgment. + +17:15. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, +both are abominable before God. + +17:16. What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy +wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that +refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils. + +17:17. He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved +in distress. + +17:18. A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend. + +17:19. He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth +his door, seeketh ruin. + +17:20. He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that +perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil. + +17:21. A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not +rejoice in a fool. + +17:22. A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth +up the bones. + +17:23. The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert +the paths of judgment. + +17:24. Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in +the ends of the earth. + +17:25. A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the +mother that bore him. + +17:26. It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the +prince, who judgeth right. + +17:27. He that setteth bounds to his words, is knowing and wise: and the +man of understanding is of a precious spirit. + +17:28. Even a fool, if he will hold his peace, shall be counted wise: +and if he close his lips, a man of understanding. + +Proverbs Chapter 18 + +18:1. He that hath a mind to depart from a friend, seeketh occasions: he +shall ever be subject to reproach. + +18:2. A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those +things which are in his heart. + +18:3. The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins, +contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him. + +18:4. Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain +of wisdom is an overflowing stream. + +18:5. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from +the truth of judgment. + +18:6. The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth +provoketh quarrels. + +18:7. The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin +of his soul. + +18:8. The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and +they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the +slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry. + +18:9. He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that +wasteth his own works. + +18:10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, +and shall be exalted. + +18:11. The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as +a strong wall compassing him about. + +18:12. Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he +be glorified, it is humbled. + +18:13. He that answereth before he heareth, sheweth himself to be a +fool, and worthy of confusion. + +18:14. The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is +easily angered, who can bear? + +18:15. A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise +seeketh instruction. + +18:16. A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before +princes. + +18:17. The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and +shall search him. + +18:18. The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the +mighty. + +18:19. A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: +and judgments are like the bars of cities. + +18:20. Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and +the offspring of his lips shall fill him. + +18:21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, +shall eat the fruits thereof. + +18:22. He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and +shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good +wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is +foolish and wicked. + +18:23. The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak +roughly. + +18:24. A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother. + +Proverbs Chapter 19 + +19:1. Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a +rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise. + +19:2. Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he +that is hasty with his feet shall stumble. + +19:3. The folly of a man supplanteth his steps: and he fretteth in his +mind against God. + +19:4. Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he +had, depart. + +19:5. A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh +lies, shall not escape. + +19:6. Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of +him that giveth gifts. + +19:7. The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends +have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall +have nothing. + +19:8. But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that +keepeth prudence, shall find good things. + +19:9. A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh +lies, shall perish. + +19:10. Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have +rule over princes. + +19:11. The learning of a man is known by patience: and his glory is to +pass over wrongs. + +19:12. As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his +cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass. + +19:13. A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is +like a roof continually dropping through. + +19:14. House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is +properly from the Lord. + +19:15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall +suffer hunger. + +19:16. He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he +that neglecteth his own way, shall die. + +19:17. He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will +repay him. + +19:18. Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not +thy soul. + +19:19. He that is impatient, shall suffer damage: and when he shall take +away, he shall add another thing. + +19:20. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayst be wise in +thy latter end. + +19:21. There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of +the Lord shall stand firm. + +19:22. A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying +man. + +19:23. The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the +fulness without being visited with evil. + +19:24. The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so +much as bring it to his mouth. + +19:25. The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if +thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline. + +19:26. He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is +infamous and unhappy. + +19:27. Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of +the words of knowledge. + +19:28. An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked +devoureth iniquity. + +19:29. Judgments are prepared for scorners: and striking hammers for the +bodies of fools. + +Proverbs Chapter 20 + +20:1. Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is +delighted therewith, shall not be wise. + +20:2. As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that +provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul. + +20:3. It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but +all fools are meddling with reproaches. + +20:4. Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg +therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him. + +20:5. Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man +will draw it out. + +20:6. Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man? + +20:7. The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him +blessed children. + +20:8. The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away +all evil with his look. + +20:9. Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin? + +20:10. Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before +God. + +20:11. By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and +right. + +20:12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them +both. + +20:13. Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be +filled with bread. + +20:14. It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is +gone away, then he will boast. + +20:15. There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of +knowledge are a precious vessel. + +20:16. Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and +take a pledge from him for strangers. + +20:17. The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth +shall be filled with gravel. + +20:18. Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed +by governments. + +20:19. Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh +deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips. + +20:20. He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out +in the midst of darkness. + +20:21. The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall +be without a blessing. + +20:22. Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will +deliver thee. + +20:23. Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful +balance is not good. + +20:24. The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that +can understand his own way? + +20:25. It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to +retract. + +20:26. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the +wheel. + +20:27. The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all +the hidden things of the bowels. + +20:28. Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened +by clemency. + +20:29. The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old +men, their grey hairs. + +20:30. The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the +more inward parts of the belly. + +Proverbs Chapter 21 + +21:1. As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the +hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it. + +21:2. Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth +the hearts. + +21:3. To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims. + +21:4. Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of +the wicked is sin. + +21:5. The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but +every sluggard is always in want. + +21:6. He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and +foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death. + +21:7. The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they +would not do judgment. + +21:8. The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, +his work is right. + +21:9. It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a +brawling woman, and in a common house. + +21:10. The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on +his neighbour. + +21:11. When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: +and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge. + +21:12. The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he +may withdraw the wicked from evil. + +21:13. He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also +cry himself, and shall not be heard. + +21:14. A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom, the +greatest wrath. + +21:15. It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work +iniquity. + +21:16. A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide +in the company of the giants. + +21:17. He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, +and fat things, shall not be rich. + +21:18. The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the +righteous. + +21:19. It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome +and passionate woman. + +21:20. There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the +just: and the foolish man shall spend it. + +21:21. He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, +and glory. + +21:22. The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast +down the strength of the confidence thereof. + +21:23. He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from +distress. + +21:24. The proud and the arrogant is called ignorant, who in anger +worketh pride. + +21:25. Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at +all. + +21:26. He longeth and desireth all the day: but he that is just, will +give, and will not cease. + +21:27. The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are +offered of wickedness. + +21:28. A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of +victory. + +21:29. The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is +righteous, correcteth his way. + +21:30. There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel +against the Lord. + +21:31. The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but the Lord giveth +safety. + +Proverbs Chapter 22 + +22:1. A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above +silver and gold. + +22:2. The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of +them both. + +22:3. The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed +on, and suffered loss. + +22:4. The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory +and life. + +22:5. Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that +keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them. + +22:6. It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is +old, he will not depart from it. + +22:7. The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him +that lendeth. + +22:8. He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his +anger he shall be consumed. + +22:9. He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed: for of his bread +he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents, shall purchase +victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers. + +22:10. Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and +quarrels and reproaches shall cease. + +22:11. He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips +shall have the king for his friend. + +22:12. The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the +unjust are overthrown. + +22:13. The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain +in the midst of the streets. + +22:14. The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is +angry with, shall fall into it. + +22:15. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of +correction shall drive it away. + +22:16. He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall +himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need. + +22:17. Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy +heart to my doctrine: + +22:18. Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, +and it shall flow in thy lips: + +22:19. That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it +to thee this day. + +22:20. Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in +thoughts and knowledge: + +22:21. That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to +answer out of these to them that sent thee. + +22:22. Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not +oppress the needy in the gate: + +22:23. Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that +have afflicted his soul. + +22:24. Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious +man: + +22:25. Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul. + +22:26. Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer +themselves sureties for debts: + +22:27. For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there +that he should take the covering from thy bed? + +22:28. Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set. + +22:29. Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before +kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure. + +Proverbs Chapter 23 + +23:1. When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what +is set before thy face: + +23:2. And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul +in thy own power. + +23:3. Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit. + +23:4. Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence. + +23:5. Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because +they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly +towards heaven. + +23:6. Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats: + +23:7. Because, like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he +knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not +with thee. + +23:8. The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt +lose thy beantiful words. + +23:9. Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the +instruction of thy speech. + +23:10. Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field +of the fatherless: + +23:11. For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause +against thee. + +23:12. Let thy heart apply itself to instruction and thy ears to words +of knowledge. + +23:13. Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with +the rod, he shall not die. + +23:14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell. + +23:15. My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee: + +23:16. And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is +right. + +23:17. Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the +Lord all the day long: + +23:18. Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy +expectation shall not be taken away. + +23:19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way. + +23:20. Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, +who contribute flesh to eat: + +23:21. Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club +together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags. + +23:22. Hearken to thy father, that begot thee: and despise not thy +mother when she is old. + +23:23. Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and +understanding. + +23:24. The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a +wise son, shall have joy in him. + +23:25. Let thy father and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that +bore thee. + +23:26. My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways. + +23:27. For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow +pit. + +23:28. She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall +see unwary, she will kill. + +23:29. Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who hath contentions? who +falls into pits? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of +eyes? + +23:30. Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink off +their cups. + +23:31. Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof +shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly, + +23:32. But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad +poison like a basilisk. + +23:33. Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter +perverse things. + +23:34. And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as +a pilot fast asleep when the stern is lost. + +23:35. And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible +of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake and find wine +again? + +Proverbs Chapter 24 + +24:1. Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: + +24:2. Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak +deceits. + +24:3. By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be +strengthened. + +24:4. By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious +and most beautiful wealth. + +24:5. A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant. + +24:6. Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety +where there are many counsels. + +24:7. Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his +mouth. + +24:8. He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool. + +24:9. The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination +of men. + +24:10. If thou lose hope, being weary in the day of distress, thy +strength shall be diminished. + +24:11. Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to +death, forbear not to deliver. + +24:12. If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the +heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, +and he shall render to a man according to his works. + +24:13. Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most +sweet to thy throat. + +24:14. So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou +hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not +perish. + +24:15. Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the +just, nor spoil his rest. + +24:16. For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but +the wicked shall fall down into evil. + +24:17. When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not +thy heart rejoice: + +24:18. Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his +wrath from him. + +24:19. Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly. + +24:20. For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the +wicked shall be put out. + +24:21. My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with +detractors. + +24:22. For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the +ruin of both? + +24:23. These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to +persons in judgment. + +24:24. They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed +by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them. + +24:25. They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come +upon them. + +24:26. He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words. + +24:27. Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that +afterward thou mayst build thy house. + +24:28. Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive +not any man with thy lips. + +24:29. Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to +every one according to his work. + +24:30. I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of +the foolish man: + +24:31. And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered +the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. + +24:32. Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the +example I received instruction. + +24:33. Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, +thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest. + +24:34. And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an +armed man. + +Proverbs Chapter 25 + +25:1. These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias, +king of Juda, copied out. + +25:2. It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings +to search out the speech. + +25:3. The heaven above and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is +unsearchable. + +25:4. Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most +pure vessel: + +25:5. Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne +shall be established with justice. + +25:6. Appear not glorious before the king, and stand not in the place of +great men. + +25:7. For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; +than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince. + +25:8. The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a +quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou +hast dishonoured thy friend. + +25:9. Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a +stranger: + +25:10. Lest he insult over thee, when he hath heard it, and cease not to +upbraid thee. Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these for +thyself, lest thou fall under reproach. + +25:11. To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of +silver. + +25:12. As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth +the wise, and the obedient ear. + +25:13. As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful +messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul. + +25:14. As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that +boasteth, and doth not fulfil his promises. + +25:15. By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall +break hardness. + +25:16. Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest +being glutted therewith thou vomit it up. + +25:17. Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, lest having +his fill he hate thee. + +25:18. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a +dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. + +25:19. To trust in an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a +rotten tooth, and weary foot, + +25:20. And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon +nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth +by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth +the heart. + +25:21. If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him +water to drink: + +25:22. For thou shalt heap hot coals upon his head, and the Lord will +reward thee. + +25:23. The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a +backbiting tongue. + +25:24. It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a +brawling woman, and in a common house. + +25:25. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far +country. + +25:26. A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain +troubled with the foot and a corrupted spring. + +25:27. As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a +searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory. + +Majesty... Viz., of God. For to search into that incomprehensible +Majesty, and to pretend to sound the depths of the wisdom of God, is +exposing our weak understanding to be blinded with an excess of light +and glory, which it cannot comprehend. + +25:28. As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is +a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking. + +Proverbs Chapter 26 + +26:1. As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for +a fool. + +26:2. 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. + +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 curseth, as whithersoever a bird flies, it returns to its own nest. + +26:3. A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the +back of fools. + +26:4. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like +him. + +Answer not a fool, etc... Viz., so as to imitate him but only so as to +reprove his folly. + +26:5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to +be wise. + +26:6. He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and +drinketh iniquity. + +26:7. As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in +the mouth of fools. + +26:8. As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that +giveth honour to a fool. + +26:9. As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a +parable in the mouth of fools. + +26:10. Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to +silence, appeaseth anger. + +26:11. As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that +repeateth his folly. + +26:12. Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be +more hope of a fool than of him. + +26:13. The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness +in the roads. + +26:14. As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon +his bed. + +26:15. The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth +him to turn it to his mouth. + +26:16. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that +speak sentences. + +26:17. As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in +anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel. + +26:18. As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death. + +26:19. So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is +taken, saith: I did it in jest. + +26:20. When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the +talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease. + +26:21. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man +stirreth up strife. + +26:22. The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach +to the innermost parts of the belly. + +26:23. Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern +vessel adorned with silver dross. + +26:24. An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth +deceit. + +26:25. When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven +mischiefs in his heart. + +26:26. He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid +open in the public assembly. + +26:27. He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a +stone, it shall return to him. + +26:28. A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh +ruin. + +Proverbs Chapter 27 + +27:1. Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come +may bring forth. + +27:2. Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and +not thy own lips. + +27:3. A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is +heavier than them both. + +27:4. Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can +bear the violence of one provoked? + +27:5. Open rebuke is better than hidden love. + +27:6. Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an +enemy. + +27:7. A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul +that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet. + +27:8. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth +his place. + +27:9. Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of +a friend are sweet to the soul. + +27:10. Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not +into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a +neighbour that is near than a brother afar off. + +27:11. Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst +give an answer to him that reproacheth. + +27:12. The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing +on have suffered losses. + +27:13. Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and +take from him a pledge for strangers. + +27:14. He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the +night, shall be like to him that curseth. + +27:15. Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are +alike. + +27:16. He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and +shall call the oil of his right hand. + +27:17. Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his +friend. + +27:18. He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he +that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified. + +27:19. As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so +the hearts of men are laid open to the wise. + +27:20. Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are +never satisfied. + +27:21. As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so +a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the +wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after +knowledge. + +27:22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle +striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. + +27:23. Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider +thy own flocks: + +27:24. For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given +to generation and generation. + +27:25. The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the +hay is gathered out of the mountains. + +27:26. Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field. + +27:27. Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the +necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids. + +Proverbs Chapter 28 + +28:1. The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as +a lion, shall be without dread. + +28:2. 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. + +28:3. A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, +which bringeth a famine. + +28:4. They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep +it, are incensed against him. + +28:5. Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, +take notice of all things. + +28:6. Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in +crooked ways. + +28:7. He that keepeth the law, is a wise son: but he that feedeth +gluttons, shameth his father. + +28:8. He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them +for him that will be bountiful to the poor. + +28:9. He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer +shall be an abomination. + +28:10. He that deceiveth the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own +destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods. + +28:11. The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is +prudent shall search him out. + +28:12. In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked +reign, men are ruined. + +28:13. He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall +confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy. + +28:14. Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is +hardened in mind shall fall into evil. + +28:15. As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over +the poor people. + +28:16. A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he +that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days. + +28:17. A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee +even to the pit, no man will stay him. + +28:18. He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in +his ways, shall fall at once. + +28:19. He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he +that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty. + +28:20. A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to +be rich, shall not be innocent. + +28:21. He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such +a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth. + +28:22. A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is +ignorant that poverty shall come upon him. + +28:23. He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, +more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him. + +28:24. He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: +and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer. + +28:26. He that boasteth and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: +but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed. + +28:26. He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh +wisely, he shall be saved. + +28:27. He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his +intreaty, shall suffer indigence. + +28:28. When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they +perish, the just shall be multiplied. + +Proverbs Chapter 29 + +29:1. The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, +shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him. + +29:2. When just men increase, the people shall rejoice: when the wicked +shall bear rule, the people shall mourn. + +29:3. A man that loveth wisdom, rejoiceth his father: but he that +maintaineth harlots, shall squander away his substance. + +29:4. A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it. + +29:5. A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling +words, spreadeth a net for his feet. + +29:6. A snare shall entangle the wicked man when he sinneth: and the +just shall praise and rejoice. + +29:7. The just taketh notice of the cause of the poor: the wicked is +void of knowledge. + +29:8. Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but wise men turn away wrath. + +29:9. If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry, or laugh, +he shall find no rest. + +29:10. Bloodthirsty men hate the upright: but just men seek his soul. + +29:11. A fool uttereth all his mind: a wise man deferreth, and keepeth +it till afterwards. + +29:12. A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants +wicked. + +29:13. The poor man and the creditor have met one another: the Lord is +the enlightener of them both. + +29:14. The king that judgeth the poor in truth, his throne shall be +established for ever. + +29:15. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to +his own will, bringeth his mother to shame. + +29:16. When the wicked are multiplied, crimes shall be multiplied: but +the just shall see their downfall. + +29:17. Instruct thy son and he shall refresh thee, and shall give +delight to thy soul. + +29:18. When prophecy shall fail, the people shall be scattered abroad: +but he that keepeth the law, is blessed. + +29:19. A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth +what thou sayest, and will not answer. + +29:20. Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked +for, than his amendment. + +29:21. He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, +afterwards shall find him stubborn. + +29:22. A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily +stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin. + +29:23. Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the +humble of spirit. + +29:24. He that is partaker with a thief, hateth his own soul: he heareth +one putting him to his oath, and discovereth not. + +29:25. He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the +Lord, shall be set on high. + +29:26. Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one +cometh forth from the Lord. + +29:27. The just abhor a wicked man: and the wicked loathe them that are +in the right way. The son that keepeth the word, shall be free from +destruction. + +Proverbs Chapter 30 + +The wise man thinketh humbly of himself. His prayer and sentiments upon +certain virtues and vices. + +30:1. The words of Gatherer the son of Vomiter. The vision which the man +spoke, with whom God is, and who being strengthened by God, abiding with +him, said: + +Gatherer, etc... Or, as it is in the Latin, Congregans the son of +Vomens. The Latin interpreter has given us in this place the +signification of the Hebrew names, instead of the names themselves, +which are in the Hebrew, Agur the son of Jakeh. But whether this Agur be +the same person as Solomon, as many think, or a different person, whose +doctrine was adopted by Solomon, and inserted among his parables or +proverbs, is uncertain. + +30:2. I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with +me. + +30:3. I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of +saints. + +30:4. Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held +the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a +garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his +name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest? + +30:5. Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope +in him. + +Is fire tried... That is, most pure, like gold purified by fire. + +30:6. Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved and found a +liar: + +30:7. Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die. + +30:8. Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither +beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life: + +30:9. Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: +Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and +forswear the name of my God. + +30:10. Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou +fall. + +30:11. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not +bless their mother. + +30:12. A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not +washed from their filthiness. + +30:13. A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up +on high. + +30:14. A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their +jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from +among men. + +30:15. The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There +are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: +It is enough. + +The horseleech... Concupiscence, which hath two daughters that are never +satisfied, viz., lust and avarice. + +30:16. Hell and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not +satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough. + +30:17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour +of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, +and the young eagles eat it. + +30:18. Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant +of. + +30:19. The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, +the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in +youth. + +30:20. Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and +wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil. + +30:21. By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot +bear. + +30:22. By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with +meat: + +30:23. By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when +she is heir to her mistress. + +30:24. There are four very little things of the earth, and they are +wiser than the wise. + +30:25. The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the +harvest: + +30:26. The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock: + +30:27. The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands: + +30:28. The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' +houses. + +The stellio... A kind of house lizard marked with spots like stars, from +whence it has its name. + +30:19. There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that +walketh happily: + +30:30. A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he +meeteth: + +30:31. A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none +can resist. + +30:32. There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on +high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his +mouth. + +30:33. And he that strongly squeezeth the paps to bring out milk, +straineth out butter: and he that violently bloweth his nose, bringeth +out blood: and he that provoketh wrath, bringeth forth strife. + +Proverbs Chapter 31 + +An exhortation to chastity, temperance, and works of mercy; with the +praise of a wise woman. + +31:1. The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother +instructed him. + +Lamuel... This name signifies God with him, and is supposed to have been +one of the names of Solomon. + +31:2. What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the +beloved of my vows? + +31:3. Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings. + +31:4. Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there +is no secret where drunkenness reigneth: + +31:5. And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of +the children of the poor. + +31:6. Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are +grieved in mind: + +31:7. Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow +no more. + +31:8. Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the +children that pass. + +31:9. Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the +needy and poor. + +31:10. Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost +coasts is the price of her. + +31:11. The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no +need of spoils. + +31:12. She will render him good, and not evil all the days of her life. + +31:13. She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of +her hands. + +31:14. She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her bread from +afar. + +31:15. And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her +household, and victuals to her maidens. + +31:16. She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her +hands she hath planted a vineyard. + +31:17. She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened +her arm. + +31:18. She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp +shall not be put out in the night. + +31:19. She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have +taken hold of the spindle. + +31:20. She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her +hands to the poor. + +31:21. She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her +domestics are clothed with double garments. + +31:22. She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and +purple, is her covering. + +31:23. Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the +senators of the land. + +31:24. She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the +Chanaanite. + +The Chanaanite... The merchant, for Chanaanite, in Hebrew, signifies a +merchant. + +31:25. Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the +latter day. + +31:26. She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is +on her tongue. + +31:27. She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not +eaten her bread idle. + +31:28. Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he +praised her. + +31:29. Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed +them all. + +31:30. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth +the Lord, she shall be praised. + +31:31. Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her +in the gates. + + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS, BOOK 22 *** + +*********** This file should be named 8322.txt or 8322.zip *********** + +Produced by David Widger + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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