Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
1
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
2
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
3 As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.
3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
4 A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.
4
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
5 He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.
5
Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.
7 Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
7
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler.
8 Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.
8
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.
9 He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide separates friends and kindred.
9
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
10 A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
10
A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
11
Evil people seek only rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
12 Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
12
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
13 Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
13
Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.
14 Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so stop before the quarrel breaks out.
15 He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.
15
One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
16 Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.
16
Why should fools have a price in hand to buy wisdom, when they have no mind to learn?
17 Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.
17
A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
18 A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
18
It is senseless to give a pledge, to become surety for a neighbor.
19 A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;
19
One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.
20 and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;
20
The crooked of mind do not prosper, and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.
21 and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.
21
The one who begets a fool gets trouble; the parent of a fool has no joy.
22 A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.
22
A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
23 The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
23
The wicked accept a concealed bribe to pervert the ways of justice.
24 The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.
24
The discerning person looks to wisdom, but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.
25
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
26 not right to punish a righteous man, nor holy to plot against righteous princes.
26
To impose a fine on the innocent is not right, or to flog the noble for their integrity.
27 He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.
27
One who spares words is knowledgeable; one who is cool in spirit has understanding.
28 Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
28
Even fools who keep silent are considered wise; when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.