KJV ¹ A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

VULC ¹ [Melius est nomen bonum quam divitiæ multæ ;
super argentum et aurum gratia bona.

KJV ² The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

VULC ² Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi :
utriusque operator est Dominus.

KJV ³ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

VULC ³ Callidus vidit malum, et abscondit se ;
innocens pertransiit, et afflictus est damno.

KJV ⁴ By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

VULC ⁴ Finis modestiæ timor Domini,
divitiæ, et gloria, et vita.

KJV ⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

VULC ⁵ Arma et gladii in via perversi ;
custos autem animæ suæ longe recedit ab eis.

KJV ⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

VULC ⁶ Proverbium est : adolescens juxta viam suam ;
etiam cum senuerit, non recedet ab ea.

KJV ⁷ The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

VULC ⁷ Dives pauperibus imperat,
et qui accipit mutuum servus est fœnerantis.

KJV ⁸ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

VULC ⁸ Qui seminat iniquitatem metet mala,
et virga iræ suæ consummabitur.

KJV ⁹ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

VULC ⁹ Qui pronus est ad misericordiam benedicetur :
de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi.
Victoriam et honorem acquiret qui dat munera ;
animam autem aufert accipientium.

KJV ¹⁰ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

VULC ¹⁰ Ejice derisorem, et exibit cum eo jurgium,
cessabuntque causæ et contumeliæ.

KJV ¹¹ He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

VULC ¹¹ Qui diligit cordis munditiam,
propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem.

KJV ¹² The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

VULC ¹² Oculi Domini custodiunt scientiam,
et supplantantur verba iniqui.

KJV ¹³ The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

VULC ¹³ Dicit piger : Leo est foris ;
in medio platearum occidendus sum.

KJV ¹⁴ The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

VULC ¹⁴ Fovea profunda os alienæ :
cui iratus est Dominus, incidet in eam.

KJV ¹⁵ Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

VULC ¹⁵ Stultitia colligata est in corde pueri,
et virga disciplinæ fugabit eam.

KJV ¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

VULC ¹⁶ Qui calumniatur pauperem ut augeat divitias suas,
dabit ipse ditiori, et egebit.]

KJV ¹⁷ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

VULC ¹⁷ [Inclina aurem tuam, et audi verba sapientium :
appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam,

KJV ¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

VULC ¹⁸ quæ pulchra erit tibi cum servaveris eam in ventre tuo,
et redundabit in labiis tuis :

KJV ¹⁹ That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

VULC ¹⁹ ut sit in Domino fiducia tua,
unde et ostendi eam tibi hodie.

KJV ²⁰ Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

VULC ²⁰ Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter,
in cogitationibus et scientia :

KJV ²¹ That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

VULC ²¹ ut ostenderem tibi firmitatem et eloquia veritatis,
respondere ex his illis qui miserunt te.

KJV ²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

VULC ²² Non facias violentiam pauperi quia pauper est,
neque conteras egenum in porta :

KJV ²³ For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

VULC ²³ quia judicabit Dominus causam ejus,
et configet eos qui confixerunt animam ejus.

KJV ²⁴ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

VULC ²⁴ Noli esse amicus homini iracundo,
neque ambules cum viro furioso :

KJV ²⁵ Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

VULC ²⁵ ne forte discas semitas ejus,
et sumas scandalum animæ tuæ.

KJV ²⁶ Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

VULC ²⁶ Noli esse cum his qui defigunt manus suas,
et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis :

KJV ²⁷ If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

VULC ²⁷ si enim non habes unde restituas,
quid causæ est ut tollat operimentum de cubili tuo ?

KJV ²⁸ Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

VULC ²⁸ Ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos,
quos posuerunt patres tui.

KJV ²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

VULC ²⁹ Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo ?
coram regibus stabit, nec erit ante ignobiles.]