Proverbs Chapter 28

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
2 For the sins of the land many are the princes thereof: and for the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the prince shall be prolonged.
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.

4 They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.
5 Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things.
6 Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
7 He that keepeth the law, is a wise son: but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.
8 He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.
9 He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.
10 He that deceiveth the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods.
11 The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out.
12 In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.
13 He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.
14 Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind shall fall into evil.
15 As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.
16 A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.
17 A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.
18 He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways, shall fall at once.
19 He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.

20 A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.
21 He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.
22 A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.
23 He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.
24 He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.
26 He that boasteth and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.
26 He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.
27 He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his intreaty, shall suffer indigence.
28 When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the just shall be multiplied.

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 Fugit impius nemine persequente;
justus autem, quasi leo confidens, absque terrore erit.
2 Propter peccata terræ multi principes ejus;
et propter hominis sapientiam, et horum scientiam quæ dicuntur,
vita ducis longior erit.
3 Vir pauper calumnians pauperes
similis est imbri vehementi in quo paratur fames.

4 Qui derelinquunt legem laudant impium;
qui custodiunt, succenduntur contra eum.
5 Viri mali non cogitant judicium;
qui autem inquirunt Dominum animadvertunt omnia.
6 Melior est pauper ambulans in simplicitate sua
quam dives in pravis itineribus.
7 Qui custodit legem filius sapiens est;
qui autem comessatores pascit confundit patrem suum.
8 Qui coacervat divitias usuris et fœnore,
liberali in pauperes congregat eas.
9 Qui declinat aures suas ne audiat legem,
oratio ejus erit execrabilis.
10 Qui decipit justos in via mala, in interitu suo corruet,
et simplices possidebunt bona ejus.
11 Sapiens sibi videtur vir dives;
pauper autem prudens scrutabitur eum.
12 In exsultatione justorum multa gloria est;
regnantibus impiis, ruinæ hominum.
13 Qui abscondit scelera sua non dirigetur;
qui autem confessus fuerit et reliquerit ea, misericordiam consequetur.
14 Beatus homo qui semper est pavidus;
qui vero mentis est duræ corruet in malum.
15 Leo rugiens et ursus esuriens,
princeps impius super populum pauperem.
16 Dux indigens prudentia multos opprimet per calumniam;
qui autem odit avaritiam, longi fient dies ejus.
17 Hominem qui calumniatur animæ sanguinem,
si usque ad lacum fugerit, nemo sustinet.
18 Qui ambulat simpliciter salvus erit;
qui perversis graditur viis concidet semel.
19 Qui operatur terram suam satiabitur panibus;
qui autem sectatur otium replebitur egestate.

20 Vir fidelis multum laudabitur;
qui autem festinat ditari non erit innocens.
21 Qui cognoscit in judicio faciem non bene facit;
iste et pro buccella panis deserit veritatem.
22 Vir qui festinat ditari, et aliis invidet,
ignorat quod egestas superveniet ei.
23 Qui corripit hominem gratiam postea inveniet apud eum,
magis quam ille qui per linguæ blandimenta decipit.
24 Qui subtrahit aliquid a patre suo et a matre,
et dicit hoc non esse peccatum,
particeps homicidæ est.
25 Qui se jactat et dilatat, jurgia concitat;
qui vero sperat in Domino sanabitur.
26 Qui confidit in corde suo stultus est;
qui autem graditur sapienter, ipse salvabitur.
27 Qui dat pauperi non indigebit;
qui despicit deprecantem sustinebit penuriam.
28 Cum surrexerint impii, abscondentur homines;
cum illi perierint, multiplicabuntur justi.

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