The Latin Vulgate VUL
Good News Translation GNT
1 melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio
1
Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.
2 servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis et inter fratres hereditatem dividet
2
A shrewd servant will gain authority over a master's worthless son and receive a part of the inheritance.
3 sicut igne probatur argentum et aurum camino ita corda probat Dominus
3
Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the Lord.
4 malus oboedit linguae iniquae et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus
4
Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.
5 qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori eius et qui in ruina laetatur alterius non erit inpunitus
5
If you make fun of poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.
6 corona senum filii filiorum et gloria filiorum patres sui
6
Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.
7 non decent stultum verba conposita nec principem labium mentiens
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Respected people do not tell lies, and fools have nothing worthwhile to say.
8 gemma gratissima expectatio praestolantis quocumque se verterit prudenter intellegit
8
Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.
9 qui celat delictum quaerit amicitias qui altero sermone repetit separat foederatos
9
If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.
10 plus proficit correptio apud prudentem quam centum plagae apud stultum
10
An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.
11 semper iurgia quaerit malus angelus autem crudelis mittetur contra eum
11
Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.
12 expedit magis ursae occurrere raptis fetibus quam fatuo confidenti sibi in stultitia sua
12
It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.
13 qui reddit mala pro bonis non recedet malum de domo eius
13
If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.
14 qui dimittit aquam caput est iurgiorum et antequam patiatur contumeliam iudicium deserit
14
The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.
15 et qui iustificat impium et qui condemnat iustum abominabilis est uterque apud Dominum
15
Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go - both are hateful to the Lord.
16 quid prodest habere divitias stultum cum sapientiam emere non possit
16
It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.
17 omni tempore diligit qui amicus est et frater in angustiis conprobatur
17
Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?
18 homo stultus plaudet manibus cum spoponderit pro amico suo
18
Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.
19 qui meditatur discordiam diligit rixas et qui exaltat ostium quaerit ruinam
19
To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time, you are asking for trouble.
20 qui perversi cordis est non inveniet bonum et qui vertit linguam incidet in malum
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Anyone who thinks and speaks evil can expect to find nothing good - only disaster.
21 natus est stultus in ignominiam suam sed nec pater in fatuo laetabitur
21
There is nothing but sadness and sorrow for parents whose children do foolish things.
22 animus gaudens aetatem floridam facit spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa
22
Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
23 munera de sinu impius accipit ut pervertat semitas iudicii
23
Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.
24 in facie prudentis lucet sapientia oculi stultorum in finibus terrae
24
An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.
25 ira patris filius stultus et dolor matris quae genuit eum
25
Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.
26 non est bonum damnum inferre iusto nec percutere principem qui recta iudicat
26
It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.
27 qui moderatur sermones suos doctus et prudens est et pretiosi spiritus vir eruditus
27
Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time. People who stay calm have real insight.
28 stultus quoque si tacuerit sapiens putabitur et si conpresserit labia sua intellegens
28
After all, even fools may be thought wise and intelligent if they stay quiet and keep their mouths shut.
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.