KJV ¹ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

VULC ¹ [Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas :
quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens.

KJV ² The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

VULC ² Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis :
qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.

KJV ³ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

VULC ³ Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus ;
omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis.

KJV ⁴ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

VULC ⁴ Propter frigus piger arare noluit ;
mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi.

KJV ⁵ Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

VULC ⁵ Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri ;
sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.

KJV ⁶ Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

VULC ⁶ Multi homines misericordes vocantur ;
virum autem fidelem quis inveniet ?]

KJV ⁷ The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

VULC ⁷ [Justus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua
beatos post se filios derelinquet.

KJV ⁸ A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

VULC ⁸ Rex qui sedet in solio judicii
dissipat omne malum intuitu suo.

KJV ⁹ Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

VULC ⁹ Quis potest dicere : Mundum est cor meum ;
purus sum a peccato ?

KJV ¹⁰ Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

VULC ¹⁰ Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura :
utrumque abominabile est apud Deum.

KJV ¹¹ Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

VULC ¹¹ Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer,
si munda et recta sint opera ejus.

KJV ¹² The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

VULC ¹² Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem :
Dominus fecit utrumque.

KJV ¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

VULC ¹³ Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat :
aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus.

KJV ¹⁴ It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

VULC ¹⁴ Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor ;
et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur.

KJV ¹⁵ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

VULC ¹⁵ Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum,
et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.]

KJV ¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

VULC ¹⁶ [Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni,
et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.

KJV ¹⁷ Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

VULC ¹⁷ Suavis est homini panis mendacii,
et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.

KJV ¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

VULC ¹⁸ Cogitationes consiliis roborantur,
et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella.

KJV ¹⁹ He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

VULC ¹⁹ Ei qui revelat mysteria, et ambulat fraudulenter,
et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis.

KJV ²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

VULC ²⁰ Qui maledicit patri suo et matri,
extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris :

KJV ²¹ An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

VULC ²¹ hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio,
in novissimo benedictione carebit.

KJV ²² Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

VULC ²² Ne dicas : Reddam malum :
exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te.

KJV ²³ Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

VULC ²³ Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus ;
statera dolosa non est bona.

KJV ²⁴ Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

VULC ²⁴ A Domino diriguntur gressus viri :
quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam ?

KJV ²⁵ It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

VULC ²⁵ Ruina est homini devorare sanctos,
et post vota retractare.]

KJV ²⁶ A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

VULC ²⁶ [Dissipat impios rex sapiens,
et incurvat super eos fornicem.

KJV ²⁷ The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

VULC ²⁷ Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis,
quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris.

KJV ²⁸ Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

VULC ²⁸ Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem,
et roboratur clementia thronus ejus.

KJV ²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

VULC ²⁹ Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum,
et dignitas senum canities.

KJV ³⁰ The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

VULC ³⁰ Livor vulneris absterget mala,
et plagæ in secretioribus ventris.]