Proverbs 16

1It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

2All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

3Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed.

4The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day.

5Every proud man is an abomination to the Lord: though hand should be joined to hand, he is not innocent. The beginning of a good way is to do justice: and this is more acceptable with God, than to offer sacrifices.

6By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

7When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

8Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

9The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

10Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment.

11Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.

12They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.

13Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.

14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.

15In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.

16Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

17The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.

18Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

19It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.

20The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed.

21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet in words, shall attain to greater things.

22Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.

23The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add grace to his lips.

24Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

25There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

26The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

27The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.

28A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

29An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good.

30He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth evil to pass.

31Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

32The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh cities.

33Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.

1Hominis est animam præparare, et Domini gubernare linguam.

2Omnes viæ hominis patent oculis ejus; spirituum ponderator est Dominus.

3Revela Domino opera tua, et dirigentur cogitationes tuæ.

4Universa propter semetipsum operatus est Dominus; impium quoque ad diem malum.

5Abominatio Domini est omnis arrogans; etiamsi manus ad manum fuerit, non est innocens. Initium viæ bonæ facere justitiam; accepta est autem apud Deum magis quam immolare hostias.

6Misericordia et veritate redimitur iniquitas, et in timore Domini declinatur a malo.

7Cum placuerint Domino viæ hominis, inimicos quoque ejus convertet ad pacem.

8Melius est parum cum justitia quam multi fructus cum iniquitate.

9Cor hominis disponit viam suam, sed Domini est dirigere gressus ejus.

10Divinatio in labiis regis; in judicio non errabit os ejus.

11Pondus et statera judicia Domini sunt, et opera ejus omnes lapides sacculi.

12Abominabiles regi qui agunt impie, quoniam justitia firmatur solium.

13Voluntas regum labia justa; qui recta loquitur diligetur.

14Indignatio regis nuntii mortis, et vir sapiens placabit eam.

15In hilaritate vultus regis vita, et clementia ejus quasi imber serotinus.

16Posside sapientiam, quia auro melior est, et acquire prudentiam, quia pretiosior est argento.

17Semita justorum declinat mala; custos animæ suæ servat viam suam.

18Contritionem præcedit superbia, et ante ruinam exaltatur spiritus.

19Melius est humiliari cum mitibus quam dividere spolia cum superbis.

20Eruditus in verbo reperiet bona, et qui sperat in Domino beatus est.

21Qui sapiens est corde appellabitur prudens, et qui dulcis eloquio majora percipiet.

22Fons vitæ eruditio possidentis; doctrina stultorum fatuitas.

23Cor sapientis erudiet os ejus, et labiis ejus addet gratiam.

24Favus mellis composita verba; dulcedo animæ sanitas ossium.

25Est via quæ videtur homini recta, et novissima ejus ducunt ad mortem.

26Anima laborantis laborat sibi, quia compulit eum os suum.

27Vir impius fodit malum, et in labiis ejus ignis ardescit.

28Homo perversus suscitat lites, et verbosus separat principes.

29Vir iniquus lactat amicum suum, et ducit eum per viam non bonam.

30Qui attonitis oculis cogitat prava, mordens labia sua perficit malum.

31Corona dignitatis senectus, quæ in viis justitiæ reperietur.

32Melior est patiens viro forti, et qui dominatur animo suo expugnatore urbium.

33Sortes mittuntur in sinum, sed a Domino temperantur.

2πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ταπεινοῦ φανερὰ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ ὀλοῦνται

5ἀκάθαρτος παρὰ θεῷ πᾶς ὑψηλοκάρδιος χειρὶ δὲ χεῖρας ἐμβαλὼν ἀδίκως οὐκ ἀθῳωθήσεται

7ἀρχὴ ὁδοῦ ἀγαθῆς τὸ ποιεῖν τὰ δίκαια δεκτὰ δὲ παρὰ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ θύειν θυσίας

8ὁ ζητῶν τὸν κύριον εὑρήσει γνῶσιν μετὰ δικαιοσύνης οἱ δὲ ὀρθῶς ζητοῦντες αὐτὸν εὑρήσουσιν εἰρήνην

9πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ κυρίου μετὰ δικαιοσύνης φυλάσσεται δὲ ὁ ἀσεβὴς εἰς ἡμέραν κακήν

10μαντεῖον ἐπὶ χείλεσιν βασιλέως ἐν δὲ κρίσει οὐ μὴ πλανηθῇ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ

11ῥοπὴ ζυγοῦ δικαιοσύνη παρὰ κυρίῳ τὰ δὲ ἔργα αὐτοῦ στάθμια δίκαια

12βδέλυγμα βασιλεῖ ὁ ποιῶν κακά μετὰ γὰρ δικαιοσύνης ἑτοιμάζεται θρόνος ἀρχῆς

13δεκτὰ βασιλεῖ χείλη δίκαια λόγους δὲ ὀρθοὺς ἀγαπᾷ

14θυμὸς βασιλέως ἄγγελος θανάτου ἀνὴρ δὲ σοφὸς ἐξιλάσεται αὐτόν

15ἐν φωτὶ ζωῆς υἱὸς βασιλέως οἱ δὲ προσδεκτοὶ αὐτῷ ὥσπερ νέφος ὄψιμον

16νοσσιαὶ σοφίας αἱρετώτεραι χρυσίου νοσσιαὶ δὲ φρονήσεως αἱρετώτεραι ὑπὲρ ἀργύριον

17τρίβοι ζωῆς ἐκκλίνουσιν ἀπὸ κακῶν μῆκος δὲ βίου ὁδοὶ δικαιοσύνης ὁ δεχόμενος παιδείαν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἔσται ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων ἐλέγχους σοφισθήσεται ὃς φυλάσσει τὰς ἑαυτοῦ ὁδούς τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν ἀγαπῶν δὲ ζωὴν αὐτοῦ φείσεται στόματος αὐτοῦ

18πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις πρὸ δὲ πτώματος κακοφροσύνη

19κρείσσων πραΰθυμος μετὰ ταπεινώσεως ἢ ὃς διαιρεῖται σκῦλα μετὰ ὑβριστῶν

20συνετὸς ἐν πράγμασιν εὑρετὴς ἀγαθῶν πεποιθὼς δὲ ἐπὶ θεῷ μακαριστός

21τοὺς σοφοὺς καὶ συνετοὺς φαύλους καλοῦσιν οἱ δὲ γλυκεῖς ἐν λόγῳ πλείονα ἀκούσονται

22πηγὴ ζωῆς ἔννοια τοῖς κεκτημένοις παιδεία δὲ ἀφρόνων κακή

23καρδία σοφοῦ νοήσει τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου στόματος ἐπὶ δὲ χείλεσιν φορέσει ἐπιγνωμοσύνην

24κηρία μέλιτος λόγοι καλοί γλύκασμα δὲ αὐτῶν ἴασις ψυχῆς

25εἰσὶν ὁδοὶ δοκοῦσαι εἶναι ὀρθαὶ ἀνδρί τὰ μέντοι τελευταῖα αὐτῶν βλέπει εἰς πυθμένα ᾅδου

26ἀνὴρ ἐν πόνοις πονεῖ ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἐκβιάζεται ἑαυτοῦ τὴν ἀπώλειαν ὁ μέντοι σκολιὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ στόματι φορεῖ τὴν ἀπώλειαν

27ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ὀρύσσει ἑαυτῷ κακά ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ χειλέων θησαυρίζει πῦρ

28ἀνὴρ σκολιὸς διαπέμπεται κακὰ καὶ λαμπτῆρα δόλου πυρσεύει κακοῖς καὶ διαχωρίζει φίλους

29ἀνὴρ παράνομος ἀποπειρᾶται φίλων καὶ ἀπάγει αὐτοὺς ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς

30στηρίζων ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ λογίζεται διεστραμμένα ὁρίζει δὲ τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ κακά οὗτος κάμινός ἐστιν κακίας

31στέφανος καυχήσεως γῆρας ἐν δὲ ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης εὑρίσκεται

32κρείσσων ἀνὴρ μακρόθυμος ἰσχυροῦ ὁ δὲ κρατῶν ὀργῆς κρείσσων καταλαμβανομένου πόλιν

33εἰς κόλπους ἐπέρχεται πάντα τοῖς ἀδίκοις παρὰ δὲ κυρίου πάντα τὰ δίκαια