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| [1]Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens. |
[1]Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them. |
| [2]Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam. |
[2]The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul. |
| [3]Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis. |
[3]It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters. |
| [4]Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi. |
[4]A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest. |
| [5]Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud. |
[5]Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out. |
| [6]Multi homines misericordes vocantur; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet? |
[6]A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but it is hard to find a faithful man. |
| [7]Justus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet. |
[7]He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed. |
| [8]Rex qui sedet in solio judicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo. |
[8]Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence. |
| [9]Quis potest dicere: Mundum est cor meum; purus sum a peccato? |
[9]Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins? |
| [10]Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura: utrumque abominabile est apud Deum. |
[10]A large and small weight, and divers measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and so is he that makes them. |
| [11]Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera ejus. |
[11]A youth when in company with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and then his way will be straight. |
| [12]Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem: Dominus fecit utrumque. |
[12]The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work. |
| [13]Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat; aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus. |
[13]Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled with bread. |
| [14]Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur. |
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| [15]Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ. |
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| [16]Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo. |
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| [17]Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo. |
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| [18]Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella. |
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| [19]Ei qui revelat mysteria et ambulat fraudulenter, et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis. |
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| [20]Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris, |
[20]The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness. |
| [21]hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit. |
[21]A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end. |
| [22]Ne dicas: Reddam malum: exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te. |
[22]Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help thee. |
| [23]Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus; statera dolosa non est bona. |
[23]A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight. |
| [24]A Domino diriguntur gressus viri; quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam? |
[24]A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways? |
| [25]Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare. |
[25]It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for in that case repentance comes after vowing. |
| [26]Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem. |
[26]A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them. |
| [27]Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris. |
[27]The spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly. |
| [28]Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem, et roboratur clementia thronus ejus. |
[28]Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness. |
| [29]Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities. |
[29]Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey hairs are the glory of old men. |
| [30]Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagæ in secretioribus ventris. |
[30]Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues shall come in the inward parts of their belly. |