Proverbs Chapter 17

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
2 A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.
4 The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
5 He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.
6 Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
7 Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.
8 The expectation of him that expecteth is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
9 He that concealeth a transgression, seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
10 A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
11 An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
13 He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: and before he suffereth reproach, he forsaketh judgment.

15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
16 What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.
17 He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
18 A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
19 He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.
20 He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.
21 A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.
22 A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
23 The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
24 Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
26 It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.
27 He that setteth bounds to his words, is knowing and wise: and the man of understanding is of a precious spirit.
28 Even a fool, if he will hold his peace, shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio
quam domus plena victimis cum jurgio.
2 Servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis,
et inter fratres hæreditatem dividet.
3 Sicut igne probatur argentum et aurum camino,
ita corda probat Dominus.
4 Malus obedit linguæ iniquæ,
et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus.
5 Qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori ejus,
et qui ruina lætatur alterius non erit impunitus.
6 Corona senum filii filiorum,
et gloria filiorum patres eorum.
7 Non decent stultum verba composita,
nec principem labium mentiens.
8 Gemma gratissima exspectatio præstolantis;
quocumque se vertit, prudenter intelligit.
9 Qui celat delictum quærit amicitias;
qui altero sermone repetit, separat fœderatos.
10 Plus proficit correptio apud prudentem,
quam centum plagæ apud stultum.
11 Semper jurgia quærit malus:
angelus autem crudelis mittetur contra eum.
12 Expedit magis ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus,
quam fatuo confidenti in stultitia sua.
13 Qui reddit mala pro bonis,
non recedet malum de domo ejus.
14 Qui dimittit aquam caput est jurgiorum,
et antequam patiatur contumeliam judicium deserit.

15 Qui justificat impium, et qui condemnat justum,
abominabilis est uterque apud Deum.
16 Quid prodest stulto habere divitias,
cum sapientiam emere non possit?
Qui altum facit domum suam quærit ruinam,
et qui evitat discere incidet in mala.
17 Omni tempore diligit qui amicus est,
et frater in angustiis comprobatur.
18 Stultus homo plaudet manibus,
cum spoponderit pro amico suo.
19 Qui meditatur discordias diligit rixas,
et qui exaltat ostium quærit 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 lætabitur.
22 Animus gaudens ætatem floridam facit;
spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa.
23 Munera de sinu impius accipit,
ut pervertat semitas judicii.
24 In facie prudentis lucet sapientia;
oculi stultorum in finibus terræ.
25 Ira patris filius stultus,
et dolor matris quæ genuit eum.
26 Non est bonum damnum inferre justo,
nec percutere principem qui recta judicat.
27 Qui moderatur sermones suos doctus et prudens est,
et pretiosi spiritus vir eruditus.
28 Stultus quoque, si tacuerit, sapiens reputabitur,
et si compresserit labia sua, intelligens.

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