1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. 6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. 7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. 8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. 9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. 11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it ? 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. 19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. 20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
1 melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio
quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio
2 servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis
et inter fratres hereditatem dividet
3 sicut igne probatur argentum et aurum camino
ita corda probat Dominus
4 malus oboedit linguae iniquae
et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus
5 qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori eius
et qui in ruina laetatur alterius non erit inpunitus
6 corona senum filii filiorum
et gloria filiorum patres sui
7 non decent stultum verba conposita nec principem labium mentiens
8 gemma gratissima expectatio praestolantis
quocumque se verterit prudenter intellegit
9 qui celat delictum quaerit amicitias
qui altero sermone repetit separat foederatos
10 plus proficit correptio apud prudentem
quam centum plagae apud stultum
11 semper iurgia quaerit malus
angelus autem crudelis mittetur contra eum
12 expedit magis ursae occurrere raptis fetibus
quam fatuo confidenti sibi in stultitia sua
13 qui reddit mala pro bonis non recedet malum de domo eius
14 qui dimittit aquam caput est iurgiorum
et antequam patiatur contumeliam iudicium deserit
15 et qui iustificat impium et qui condemnat iustum
abominabilis est uterque apud Dominum
16 quid prodest habere divitias stultum
cum sapientiam emere non possit
17 omni tempore diligit qui amicus est
et frater in angustiis conprobatur
18 homo stultus plaudet manibus
cum spoponderit pro amico suo
19 qui meditatur discordiam diligit rixas
et qui exaltat ostium quaerit ruinam
20 qui perversi cordis est non inveniet bonum
et qui vertit linguam incidet in malum
21 natus est stultus in ignominiam suam
sed nec pater in fatuo laetabitur
22 animus gaudens aetatem floridam facit
spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa
23 munera de sinu impius accipit ut pervertat semitas iudicii
24 in facie prudentis lucet sapientia
oculi stultorum in finibus terrae
25 ira patris filius stultus
et dolor matris quae genuit eum
26 non est bonum damnum inferre iusto
nec percutere principem qui recta iudicat
27 qui moderatur sermones suos doctus et prudens est
et pretiosi spiritus vir eruditus
28 stultus quoque si tacuerit sapiens putabitur
et si conpresserit labia sua intellegens