The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio
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Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis et inter fratres hereditatem dividet
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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
3 sicut igne probatur argentum et aurum camino ita corda probat Dominus
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The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tries hearts.
4 malus oboedit linguae iniquae et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus
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An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
5 qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori eius et qui in ruina laetatur alterius non erit inpunitus
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He who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
6 corona senum filii filiorum et gloria filiorum patres sui
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Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
7 non decent stultum verba conposita nec principem labium mentiens
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Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
8 gemma gratissima expectatio praestolantis quocumque se verterit prudenter intellegit
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A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
9 qui celat delictum quaerit amicitias qui altero sermone repetit separat foederatos
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He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
10 plus proficit correptio apud prudentem quam centum plagae apud stultum
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A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 semper iurgia quaerit malus angelus autem crudelis mittetur contra eum
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An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12 expedit magis ursae occurrere raptis fetibus quam fatuo confidenti sibi in stultitia sua
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Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
13 qui reddit mala pro bonis non recedet malum de domo eius
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If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
14 qui dimittit aquam caput est iurgiorum et antequam patiatur contumeliam iudicium deserit
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The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
15 et qui iustificat impium et qui condemnat iustum abominabilis est uterque apud Dominum
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He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
16 quid prodest habere divitias stultum cum sapientiam emere non possit
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Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind?
17 omni tempore diligit qui amicus est et frater in angustiis conprobatur
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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 homo stultus plaudet manibus cum spoponderit pro amico suo
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A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
19 qui meditatur discordiam diligit rixas et qui exaltat ostium quaerit ruinam
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He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
20 qui perversi cordis est non inveniet bonum et qui vertit linguam incidet in malum
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A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
21 natus est stultus in ignominiam suam sed nec pater in fatuo laetabitur
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A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy.
22 animus gaudens aetatem floridam facit spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa
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A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
23 munera de sinu impius accipit ut pervertat semitas iudicii
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A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
24 in facie prudentis lucet sapientia oculi stultorum in finibus terrae
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A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 ira patris filius stultus et dolor matris quae genuit eum
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A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
26 non est bonum damnum inferre iusto nec percutere principem qui recta iudicat
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To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
27 qui moderatur sermones suos doctus et prudens est et pretiosi spiritus vir eruditus
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He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
28 stultus quoque si tacuerit sapiens putabitur et si conpresserit labia sua intellegens
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Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.