Proverbs 20

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

luxuriosa res vinum et tumultuosa ebrietas quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

sicut rugitus leonis ita terror regis qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

propter frigus piger arare noluit mendicabit ergo aestate et non dabitur ei

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

sicut aqua profunda sic consilium in corde viri sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

multi homines misericordes vocantur virum autem fidelem quis inveniet

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

iustus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

rex qui sedet in solio iudicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

quis potest dicere mundum est cor meum purus sum a peccato

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

pondus et pondus mensura et mensura utrumque abominabile est apud Deum

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

ex studiis suis intellegitur puer si munda et si recta sint opera eius

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

aurem audientem et oculum videntem Dominus fecit utrumque

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

noli diligere somnum ne te egestas opprimat aperi oculos tuos et saturare panibus

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

malum est malum est dicit omnis emptor et cum recesserit tunc gloriabitur

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

est aurum et multitudo gemmarum vas autem pretiosum labia scientiae

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

tolle vestimentum eius qui fideiussor extitit alieni et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

suavis est homini panis mendacii et postea implebitur os eius calculo

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

cogitationes consiliis roborantur et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

ei qui revelat mysteria et ambulat fraudulenter et dilatat labia sua ne commiscearis

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

qui maledicit patri suo et matri extinguetur lucerna eius in mediis tenebris

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

hereditas ad quam festinatur in principio in novissimo benedictione carebit

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

ne dicas reddam malum expecta Dominum et liberabit te

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

abominatio est apud Deum pondus et pondus statera dolosa non est bona

Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

a Domino diriguntur gressus viri quis autem hominum intellegere potest viam suam

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

ruina est hominis devorare sanctos et post vota tractare

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

dissipat impios rex sapiens et curvat super eos fornicem

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis quae investigat omnia secreta ventris

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem et roboratur clementia thronus eius

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

exultatio iuvenum fortitudo eorum et dignitas senum canities

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

livor vulneris absterget mala et plagae in secretioribus ventris