Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
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The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.
3 It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
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It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
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The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
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The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
6 Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
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Many proclaim themselves loyal, but who can find one worthy of trust?
7 The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
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The righteous walk in integrity— happy are the children who follow them!
8 The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
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A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
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Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
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Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
11 By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
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Even children make themselves known by their acts, by whether what they do is pure and right.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye— the Lord has made them both.
13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
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Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, then goes away and boasts.
15 There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
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There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
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Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
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Plans are established by taking advice; wage war by following wise guidance.
19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
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A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.
20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
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If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.
21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
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An estate quickly acquired in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee.
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Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
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Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
24 The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
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All our steps are ordered by the Lord; how then can we understand our own ways?
25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
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It is a snare for one to say rashly, "It is holy," and begin to reflect only after making a vow.
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
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A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
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The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord, searching every inmost part.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
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Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
29 The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
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The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.
30 The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.
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Blows that wound cleanse away evil; beatings make clean the innermost parts.
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