1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men .
1 αἱρετώτερον ὄνομα καλὸν ἢ πλοῦτος πολύς,
ὑπὲρ δὲ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον χάρις ἀγαθή.
2 πλούσιος καὶ πτωχὸς συνήντησαν ἀλλήλοις,
ἀμφοτέρους δὲ ὁ κύριος ἐποίησεν.
3 πανοῦργος ἰδὼν πονηρὸν τιμωρούμενον κραταιῶς αὐτὸς παιδεύεται,
οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες παρελθόντες ἐζημιώθησαν.
4 γενεὰ σοφίας φόβος κυρίου
καὶ πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα καὶ ζωή.
5 τρίβολοι καὶ παγίδες ἐν ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς,
ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἀφέξεται αὐτῶν.
7 πλούσιοι πτωχῶν ἄρξουσιν,
καὶ οἰκέται ἰδίοις δεσπόταις δανιοῦσιν.
8 ὁ σπείρων φαῦλα θερίσει κακά,
πληγὴν δὲ ἔργων αὐτοῦ συντελέσει.
8a ἄνδρα ἱλαρὸν καὶ δότην εὐλογεῖ ὁ θεός,
ματαιότητα δὲ ἔργων αὐτοῦ συντελέσει.
9 ὁ ἐλεῶν πτωχὸν αὐτὸς διατραφήσεται·
τῶν γὰρ ἑαυτοῦ ἄρτων ἔδωκεν τῷ πτωχῷ.
9a νίκην καὶ τιμὴν περιποιεῖται ὁ δῶρα δούς,
τὴν μέντοι ψυχὴν ἀφαιρεῖται τῶν κεκτημένων.
10 ἔκβαλε ἐκ συνεδρίου λοιμόν, καὶ συνεξελεύσεται αὐτῷ νεῖκος·
ὅταν γὰρ καθίσῃ ἐν συνεδρίῳ, πάντας ἀτιμάζει.
11 ἀγαπᾷ κύριος ὁσίας καρδίας,
δεκτοὶ δὲ αὐτῷ πάντες ἄμωμοι·
χείλεσιν ποιμαίνει βασιλεύς.
12 οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ κυρίου διατηροῦσιν αἴσθησιν,
φαυλίζει δὲ λόγους παράνομος.
13 προφασίζεται καὶ λέγει ὀκνηρός
Λέων ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς, ἐν δὲ ταῖς πλατείαις φονευταί.
14 βόθρος βαθὺς στόμα παρανόμου,
ὁ δὲ μισηθεὶς ὑπὸ κυρίου ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς αὐτόν.
14a εἰσὶν ὁδοὶ κακαὶ ἐνώπιον ἀνδρός,
καὶ οὐκ ἀγαπᾷ τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν·
ἀποστρέφειν δὲ δεῖ ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ σκολιᾶς καὶ κακῆς.
15 ἄνοια ἐξῆπται καρδίας νέου,
ῥάβδος δὲ καὶ παιδεία μακρὰν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ.
16 ὁ συκοφαντῶν πένητα πολλὰ ποιεῖ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ·
δίδωσιν δὲ πλουσίῳ ἐπ᾽ ἐλάσσονι.
17 Λόγοις σοφῶν παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς καὶ ἄκουε ἐμὸν λόγον,
τὴν δὲ σὴν καρδίαν ἐπίστησον, ἵνα γνῷς ὅτι καλοί εἰσιν·
18 καὶ ἐὰν ἐμβάλῃς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου,
εὐφρανοῦσίν σε ἅμα ἐπὶ σοῖς χείλεσιν,
19 ἵνα σου γένηται ἐπὶ κύριον ἡ ἐλπὶς
καὶ γνωρίσῃ σοι τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ.
20 καὶ σὺ δὲ ἀπόγραψαι αὐτὰ σεαυτῷ τρισσῶς
εἰς βουλὴν καὶ γνῶσιν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου.
21 διδάσκω οὖν σε ἀληθῆ λόγον καὶ γνῶσιν ἀγαθὴν ὑπακούειν
τοῦ ἀποκρίνεσθαι λόγους ἀληθείας τοῖς προβαλλομένοις σοι.
22 Μὴ ἀποβιάζου πένητα, πτωχὸς γάρ ἐστιν,
καὶ μὴ ἀτιμάσῃς ἀσθενῆ ἐν πύλαις·
23 ὁ γὰρ κύριος κρινεῖ αὐτοῦ τὴν κρίσιν,
καὶ ῥύσῃ σὴν ἄσυλον ψυχήν.
24 μὴ ἴσθι ἑταῖρος ἀνδρὶ θυμώδει,
φίλῳ δὲ ὀργίλῳ μὴ συναυλίζου,
25 μήποτε μάθῃς τῶν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ
καὶ λάβῃς βρόχους τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ.
26 μὴ δίδου σεαυτὸν εἰς ἐγγύην αἰσχυνόμενος πρόσωπον·
27 ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ ἔχῃς πόθεν ἀποτείσῃς,
λήμψονται τὸ στρῶμα τὸ ὑπὸ τὰς πλευράς σου.
28 μὴ μέταιρε ὅρια αἰώνια, ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πατέρες σου.
29 ὁρατικὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ὀξὺν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ
βασιλεῦσι δεῖ παρεστάναι
καὶ μὴ παρεστάναι ἀνδράσι νωθροῖς.