Revised Standard Version RSV
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
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luxuriosa res vinum et tumultuosa ebrietas quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens
2 The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
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sicut rugitus leonis ita terror regis qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
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honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis
4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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propter frigus piger arare noluit mendicabit ergo aestate et non dabitur ei
5 The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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sicut aqua profunda sic consilium in corde viri sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud
6 Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?
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multi homines misericordes vocantur virum autem fidelem quis inveniet
7 A righteous man who walks in his integrity--blessed are his sons after him!
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iustus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
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rex qui sedet in solio iudicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo
9 Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
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quis potest dicere mundum est cor meum purus sum a peccato
10 Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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pondus et pondus mensura et mensura utrumque abominabile est apud Deum
11 Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
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ex studiis suis intellegitur puer si munda et si recta sint opera eius
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
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aurem audientem et oculum videntem Dominus fecit utrumque
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
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noli diligere somnum ne te egestas opprimat aperi oculos tuos et saturare panibus
14 "It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
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malum est malum est dicit omnis emptor et cum recesserit tunc gloriabitur
15 There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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est aurum et multitudo gemmarum vas autem pretiosum labia scientiae
16 Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
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tolle vestimentum eius qui fideiussor extitit alieni et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo
17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
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suavis est homini panis mendacii et postea implebitur os eius calculo
18 Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
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cogitationes consiliis roborantur et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella
19 He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
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ei qui revelat mysteria et ambulat fraudulenter et dilatat labia sua ne commiscearis
20 If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
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qui maledicit patri suo et matri extinguetur lucerna eius in mediis tenebris
21 An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
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hereditas ad quam festinatur in principio in novissimo benedictione carebit
22 Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will help you.
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ne dicas reddam malum expecta Dominum et liberabit te
23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
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abominatio est apud Deum pondus et pondus statera dolosa non est bona
24 A man's steps are ordered by the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
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a Domino diriguntur gressus viri quis autem hominum intellegere potest viam suam
25 It is a snare for a man to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making his vows.
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ruina est hominis devorare sanctos et post vota tractare
26 A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
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dissipat impios rex sapiens et curvat super eos fornicem
27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
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lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis quae investigat omnia secreta ventris
28 Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
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misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem et roboratur clementia thronus eius
29 The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
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exultatio iuvenum fortitudo eorum et dignitas senum canities
30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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livor vulneris absterget mala et plagae in secretioribus ventris
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.
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