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Proverbia 22
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
Proverbia 22
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
22 Melius est nomen bonum quam divitiae multae; super argentum et aurum gratia bona.
2 Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi: utriusque operator est Dominus.
3 Callidus vidit malum, et abscondit se; innocens pertransiit, et afflictus est damno.
4 Finis modestiae timor Domini, divitiae, et gloria, et vita.
5 Arma et gladii in via perversi; custos autem animae suae longe recedit ab eis.
6 Proverbium est: adolescens juxta viam suam; etiam cum senuerit, non recedet ab ea.
7 Dives pauperibus imperat, et qui accipit mutuum servus est foenerantis.
8 Qui seminat iniquitatem metet mala, et virga irae suae consummabitur.
9 Qui pronus est ad misericordiam benedicetur: de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi. Victoriam et honorem acquiret qui dat munera; animam autem aufert accipientium.
10 Ejice derisorem, et exibit cum eo jurgium, cessabuntque causae et contumeliae.
11 Qui diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem.
12 Oculi Domini custodiunt scientiam, et supplantantur verba iniqui.
13 Dicit piger: Leo est foris; in medio platearum occidendus sum.
14 Fovea profunda os alienae: cui iratus est Dominus, incidet in eam.
15 Stultitia colligata est in corde pueri, et virga disciplinae fugabit eam.
16 Qui calumniatur pauperem ut augeat divitias suas, dabit ipse ditiori, et egebit.
17 Inclina aurem tuam, et audi verba sapientium: appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam,
18 quae pulchra erit tibi cum servaveris eam in ventre tuo, et redundabit in labiis tuis:
19 ut sit in Domino fiducia tua, unde et ostendi eam tibi hodie.
20 Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter, in cogitationibus et scientia:
21 ut ostenderem tibi firmitatem et eloquia veritatis, respondere ex his illis qui miserunt te.
22 Non facias violentiam pauperi quia pauper est, neque conteras egenum in porta:
23 quia judicabit Dominus causam ejus, et configet eos qui confixerunt animam ejus.
24 Noli esse amicus homini iracundo, neque ambules cum viro furioso:
25 ne forte discas semitas ejus, et sumas scandalum animae tuae.
26 Noli esse cum his qui defigunt manus suas, et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis:
27 si enim non habes unde restituas, quid causae est ut tollat operimentum de cubili tuo?
28 Ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos, quos posuerunt patres tui.
29 Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo? coram regibus stabit, nec erit ante ignobiles.
Proverbs 22
New International Version
Proverbs 22
New International Version
22 A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.(A)
2 Rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord is the Maker of them all.(B)
5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,(G)
but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
6 Start(H) children off on the way they should go,(I)
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(J)
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.(O)
11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
will have the king for a friend.(P)
12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(Q)
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;(R)
a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.(S)
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.(T)
16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
17 Pay attention(U) and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;(V)
apply your heart to what I teach,(W)
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I teach you today, even you.
20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you,
sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,(X)
so that you bring back truthful reports
to those you serve?
Saying 2
22 Do not exploit the poor(Y) because they are poor
and do not crush the needy in court,(Z)
23 for the Lord will take up their case(AA)
and will exact life for life.(AB)
Saying 3
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
and get yourself ensnared.(AC)
Saying 4
26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(AD)
or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
your very bed will be snatched from under you.(AE)
Saying 5
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(AF)
set up by your ancestors.
Saying 6
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