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Proverbs 15

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1 ὀργὴ ἀπόλλυσιν καὶ φρονίμους ἀπόκρισις δὲ ὑποπίπτουσα ἀποστρέφει θυμόν λόγος δὲ λυπηρὸς ἐγείρει ὀργάς 2 γλῶσσα σοφῶν καλὰ ἐπίσταται στόμα δὲ ἀφρόνων ἀναγγελεῖ κακά 3 ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ὀφθαλμοὶ κυρίου σκοπεύουσιν κακούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς 4 ἴασις γλώσσης δένδρον ζωῆς ὁ δὲ συντηρῶν αὐτὴν πλησθήσεται πνεύματος 5 ἄφρων μυκτηρίζει παιδείαν πατρός ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων ἐντολὰς πανουργότερος 6 ἐν πλεοναζούσῃ δικαιοσύνῃ ἰσχὺς πολλή οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ὁλόρριζοι ἐκ γῆς ὀλοῦνται οἴκοις δικαίων ἰσχὺς πολλή καρποὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀπολοῦνται 7 χείλη σοφῶν δέδεται αἰσθήσει καρδίαι δὲ ἀφρόνων οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς 8 θυσίαι ἀσεβῶν βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ εὐχαὶ δὲ κατευθυνόντων δεκταὶ παρ' αὐτῷ 9 βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ ὁδοὶ ἀσεβοῦς διώκοντας δὲ δικαιοσύνην ἀγαπᾷ 10 παιδεία ἀκάκου γνωρίζεται ὑπὸ τῶν παριόντων οἱ δὲ μισοῦντες ἐλέγχους τελευτῶσιν αἰσχρῶς 11 ᾅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια φανερὰ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ αἱ καρδίαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων 12 οὐκ ἀγαπήσει ἀπαίδευτος τοὺς ἐλέγχοντας αὐτόν μετὰ δὲ σοφῶν οὐχ ὁμιλήσει

mild answer breaks wrath: but a harsh word stirs up fury. 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbles out folly. 3 The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil. 4 A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit. 5 A fool laughs at the instruction of his father: but he that regards reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out. 6 The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of the wicked is trouble. 7 The lips of the wise shall disperse knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike. 8 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable. 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: he that follows justice is beloved by him. 10 Instruction is grievous to him that forsakes the way of life: he that hates reproof shall die. 11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men? 12 A corrupt man loves not one that reproves him: nor will he go to the wise.

1 Responsio mollis frangit iram; sermo durus suscitat furorem. 2 Lingua sapientium ornat scientiam; os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam. 3 In omni loco, oculi Domini contemplantur bonos et malos. 4 Lingua placabilis lignum vitæ; quæ autem immoderata est conteret spiritum. 5 Stultus irridet disciplinam patris sui; qui autem custodit increpationes astutior fiet. In abundanti justitia virtus maxima est : cogitationes autem impiorum eradicabuntur. 6 Domus justi plurima fortitudo, et in fructibus impii conturbatio. 7 Labia sapientium disseminabunt scientiam; cor stultorum dissimile erit. 8 Victimæ impiorum abominabiles Domino; vota justorum placabilia. 9 Abominatio est Domino via impii; qui sequitur justitiam diligitur ab eo. 10 Doctrina mala deserenti viam vitæ; qui increpationes odit, morietur. 11 Infernus et perditio coram Domino; quanto magis corda filiorum hominum! 12 Non amat pestilens eum qui se corripit, nec ad sapientes graditur.

13 καρδίας εὐφραινομένης πρόσωπον θάλλει ἐν δὲ λύπαις οὔσης σκυθρωπάζει 14 καρδία ὀρθὴ ζητεῖ αἴσθησιν στόμα δὲ ἀπαιδεύτων γνώσεται κακά 15 πάντα τὸν χρόνον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν κακῶν προσδέχονται κακά οἱ δὲ ἀγαθοὶ ἡσυχάζουσιν διὰ παντός 16 κρείσσων μικρὰ μερὶς μετὰ φόβου κυρίου ἢ θησαυροὶ μεγάλοι μετὰ ἀφοβίας 17 κρείσσων ξενισμὸς λαχάνων πρὸς φιλίαν καὶ χάριν ἢ παράθεσις μόσχων μετὰ ἔχθρας 18 ἀνὴρ θυμώδης παρασκευάζει μάχας μακρόθυμος δὲ καὶ τὴν μέλλουσαν καταπραΰνει μακρόθυμος ἀνὴρ κατασβέσει κρίσεις ὁ δὲ ἀσεβὴς ἐγείρει μᾶλλον 19 ὁδοὶ ἀεργῶν ἐστρωμέναι ἀκάνθαις αἱ δὲ τῶν ἀνδρείων τετριμμέναι 20 υἱὸς σοφὸς εὐφραίνει πατέρα υἱὸς δὲ ἄφρων μυκτηρίζει μητέρα αὐτοῦ 21 ἀνοήτου τρίβοι ἐνδεεῖς φρενῶν ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος κατευθύνων πορεύεται 22 ὑπερτίθενται λογισμοὺς οἱ μὴ τιμῶντες συνέδρια ἐν δὲ καρδίαις βουλευομένων μένει βουλή 23 οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ ὁ κακὸς αὐτῇ οὐδὲ μὴ εἴπῃ καίριόν τι καὶ καλὸν τῷ κοινῷ 24 ὁδοὶ ζωῆς διανοήματα συνετοῦ ἵνα ἐκκλίνας ἐκ τοῦ ᾅδου σωθῇ

13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down. 14 The heart of the wise seeks instruction: and the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. 15 All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast. 16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content. 17 It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred. 18 A passionate man stirs up strifes: he that is patient appeases those that are stirred up. 19 The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns: the way of the just is without offence. 20 A wise son makes a father joyful: but the foolish man despises his mother. 21 Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man makes straight his steps. 22 Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but where there are many counsellors, they are established. 23 A man rejoices in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best. 24 The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.

13 Cor gaudens exhilarat faciem; in mœrore animi dejicitur spiritus. 14 Cor sapientis quærit doctrinam, et os stultorum pascitur imperitia. 15 Omnes dies pauperis, mali; secura mens quasi juge convivium. 16 Melius est parum cum timore Domini, quam thesauri magni et insatiabiles. 17 Melius est vocari ad olera cum caritate, quam ad vitulum saginatum cum odio. 18 Vir iracundus provocat rixas; qui patiens est mitigat suscitatas. 19 Iter pigrorum quasi sepes spinarum; via justorum absque offendiculo. 20 Filius sapiens lætificat patrem, et stultus homo despicit matrem suam. 21 Stultitia gaudium stulto, et vir prudens dirigit gressus suos. 22 Dissipantur cogitationes ubi non est consilium; ubi vero sunt plures consiliarii, confirmantur. 23 Lætatur homo in sententia oris sui, et sermo opportunus est optimus. 24 Semita vitæ super eruditum, ut declinet de inferno novissimo.

25 οἴκους ὑβριστῶν κατασπᾷ κύριος ἐστήρισεν δὲ ὅριον χήρας 26 βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ λογισμὸς ἄδικος ἁγνῶν δὲ ῥήσεις σεμναί 27 ἐξόλλυσιν ἑαυτὸν ὁ δωρολήμπτης ὁ δὲ μισῶν δώρων λήμψεις σῴζεται ἐλεημοσύναις καὶ πίστεσιν ἀποκαθαίρονται ἁμαρτίαι τῷ δὲ φόβῳ κυρίου ἐκκλίνει πᾶς ἀπὸ κακοῦ 28 καρδίαι δικαίων μελετῶσιν πίστεις στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀποκρίνεται κακά δεκταὶ παρὰ κυρίῳ ὁδοὶ ἀνθρώπων δικαίων διὰ δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἐχθροὶ φίλοι γίνονται 29 μακρὰν ἀπέχει ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν εὐχαῖς δὲ δικαίων ἐπακούει κρείσσων ὀλίγη λῆμψις μετὰ δικαιοσύνης ἢ πολλὰ γενήματα μετὰ ἀδικίας καρδία ἀνδρὸς λογιζέσθω δίκαια ἵνα ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ διορθωθῇ τὰ διαβήματα αὐτοῦ 30 θεωρῶν ὀφθαλμὸς καλὰ εὐφραίνει καρδίαν φήμη δὲ ἀγαθὴ πιαίνει ὀστᾶ 31 32 ὃς ἀπωθεῖται παιδείαν μισεῖ ἑαυτόν ὁ δὲ τηρῶν ἐλέγχους ἀγαπᾷ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ 33 φόβος θεοῦ παιδεία καὶ σοφία καὶ ἀρχὴ δόξης ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτῇ

25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: and will strengthen the borders of the widow. 26 Evil thoughts are an abomination to the Lord: and pure words most beautiful shall be confirmed by him. 27 He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house: but he that hates bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declines from evil. 28 The mind of the just studies obedience: the mouth of the wicked overflows with evils. 29 The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just. 30 The light of the eyes rejoices the soul: a good name makes the bones fat. 31 The ear that hears the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise. 32 He that rejects instruction, despises his own soul: but he that yields to reproof, possesses understanding. 33 The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goes before glory.

25 Domum superborum demolietur Dominus, et firmos faciet terminos viduæ. 26 Abominatio Domini cogitationes malæ, et purus sermo pulcherrimus firmabitur ab eo. 27 Conturbat domum suam qui sectatur avaritiam; qui autem odit munera, vivet. Per misericordiam et fidem purgantur peccata : per timorem autem Domini declinat omnis a malo. 28 Mens justi meditatur obedientiam; os impiorum redundat malis. 29 Longe est Dominus ab impiis, et orationes justorum exaudiet. 30 Lux oculorum lætificat animam; fama bona impinguat ossa. 31 Auris quæ audit increpationes vitæ in medio sapientium commorabitur. 32 Qui abjicit disciplinam despicit animam suam; qui autem acquiescit increpationibus possessor est cordis. 33 Timor Domini disciplina sapientiæ, et gloriam præcedit humilitas.