The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 melior est pauper qui ambulat in simplicitate sua quam torquens labia insipiens
1
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a man who is perverse in speech, and is a fool.
2 ubi non est scientia animae non est bonum et qui festinus est pedibus offendit
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It is not good for a man to be without knowledge, and he who makes haste with his feet misses his way.
3 stultitia hominis subplantat gressus eius et contra Deum fervet animo suo
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When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD.
4 divitiae addunt amicos plurimos a paupere autem et hii quos habuit separantur
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Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
5 testis falsus non erit inpunitus et qui mendacia loquitur non effugiet
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.
6 multi colunt personam potentis et amici sunt dona tribuenti
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Many seek the favor of a generous man, and every one is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7 fratres hominis pauperis oderunt eum insuper et amici procul recesserunt ab eo qui tantum verba sectatur nihil habebit
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All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
8 qui autem possessor est mentis diligit animam suam et custos prudentiae inveniet bona
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He who gets wisdom loves himself; he who keeps understanding will prosper.
9 testis falsus non erit inpunitus et qui loquitur mendacia peribit
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.
10 non decent stultum deliciae nec servum dominari principibus
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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
11 doctrina viri per patientiam noscitur et gloria eius est iniqua praetergredi
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Good sense makes a man slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 sicut fremitus leonis ita et regis ira et sicut ros super herbam ita hilaritas eius
12
A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
13 dolor patris filius stultus et tecta iugiter perstillantia litigiosa mulier
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A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
14 domus et divitiae dantur a patribus a Domino autem proprie uxor prudens
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House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 pigredo inmittit soporem et anima dissoluta esuriet
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Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
16 qui custodit mandatum custodit animam suam qui autem neglegit vias suas mortificabitur
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He who keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises the word will die.
17 feneratur Domino qui miseretur pauperis et vicissitudinem suam reddet ei
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He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.
18 erudi filium tuum ne desperes ad interfectionem autem eius ne ponas animam tuam
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Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.
19 qui inpatiens est sustinebit damnum et cum rapuerit aliud adponet
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A man of great wrath will pay the penalty; for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
20 audi consilium et suscipe disciplinam ut sis sapiens in novissimis tuis
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Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.
21 multae cogitationes in corde viri voluntas autem Domini permanebit
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Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.
22 homo indigens misericors est et melior pauper quam vir mendax
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What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.
23 timor Domini ad vitam et in plenitudine commorabitur absque visitatione pessimi
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The fear of the LORD leads to life; and he who has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.
24 abscondit piger manum suam sub ascella nec ad os suum adplicat eam
24
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
25 pestilente flagellato stultus sapientior erit sin autem corripueris sapientem intelleget disciplinam
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Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
26 qui adfligit patrem et fugat matrem ignominiosus est et infelix
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He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 non cesses fili audire doctrinam nec ignores sermones scientiae
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Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to stray from the words of knowledge.
28 testis iniquus deridet iudicium et os impiorum devorat iniquitatem
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A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
29 parata sunt derisoribus iudicia et mallei percutientes stultorum corporibus
29
Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and flogging for the backs of fools.
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