Proverbs Chapter 27

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
4 Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.

10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

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 Ne glorieris in crastinum,
ignorans quid superventura pariat dies.
2 Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum;
extraneus, et non labia tua.
3 Grave est saxum, et onerosa arena,
sed ira stulti utroque gravior.
4 Ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor,
et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit?
5 Melior est manifesta correptio
quam amor absconditus.
6 Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis
quam fraudulenta oscula odientis.
7 Anima saturata calcabit favum,
et anima esuriens etiam amarum pro dulci sumet.
8 Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo,
sic vir qui derelinquit locum suum.
9 Unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor,
et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur.

10 Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris,
et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuæ.
Melior est vicinus juxta
quam frater procul.
11 Stude sapientiæ, fili mi, et lætifica cor meum,
ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem.
12 Astutus videns malum, absconditus est:
parvuli transeuntes sustinuerunt dispendia.
13 Tolle vestimentum ejus qui spopondit pro extraneo,
et pro alienis aufer ei pignus.
14 Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi,
de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit.
15 Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris
et litigiosa mulier comparantur.
16 Qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat,
et oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit.
17 Ferrum ferro exacuitur,
et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.
18 Qui servat ficum comedet fructus ejus,
et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur.
19 Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium,
sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus.
20 Infernus et perditio numquam implentur:
similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles.
21 Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum,
sic probatur homo ore laudantis.
Cor iniqui inquirit mala,
cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.
22 Si contuderis stultum in pila
quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo,
non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus.

23 Diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui,
tuosque greges considera:
24 non enim habebis jugiter potestatem,
sed corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem.
25 Aperta sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbæ virentes,
et collecta sunt fœna de montibus.
26 Agni ad vestimentum tuum,
et hædi ad agri pretium.
27 Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos,
et in necessaria domus tuæ, et ad victum ancillis tuis.

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