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פּוֹעֵל זֹאת לֹא יַעֲשִׁיר, וְבוֹזֶה מְעוּטִים יִתְעַרְעָר.
A worker who does this will not grow rich, and one who despises small things will be laid bare.
Ἐργάτης μέθυσος οὐ πλουτισθήσεται, ὁ ἐξουθενῶν τὰ ὀλίγα κατὰ μικρὸν πεσεῖται.
A laboring man that is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: And he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.
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יַיִן וְנָשִׁים יַפְחִיזוּ לֵב, וְנֶפֶשׁ עָזָה תַשְׁחִית בְעָלֶיהָ.
Wine and women make the heart reckless, and a bold appetite destroys its owner.
Οἶνος καὶ γυναῖκες ἀποστήσουσι συνετοὺς, καὶ ὁ κολλώμενος πόρναις τολμηρότερος ἔσται.
Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away: And he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent.
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Σήτες καὶ σκώληκες κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ψυχὴ τολμηρὰ ἐξαρθήσεται.
Moths and worms shall have him to heritage, And a bold man shall be taken away.
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Ὁ ταχὺ ἐμπιστεύων, κοῦφος καρδίᾳ, καὶ ὁ ἁμαρτάνων εἰς ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλημμελήσει.
He that is hasty to give credit is light-minded; And he that sinneth shall offend against his own soul.
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Ὁ εὐφραινόμενος καρδίᾳ καταγνωσθήσεται,
Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned:
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καὶ ὁ μισῶν λαλιὰν ἐλαττονοῦται κακίᾳ.
But he that hateth babbling hath less of evil.
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Μηδέποτε δευτερώσῃς λόγον, καὶ οὐθέν σοι οὐ μὴ ἐλαττονωθῇ.
Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee, And thou shalt fare never the worse.
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Ἐν φίλῳ καὶ ἐν ἐχθρῷ μὴ διηγοῦ, καὶ εἰ μή ἐστί σοι ἁμαρτία, μὴ ἀποκάλυπτε.
Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men’s lives; And if thou canst not without offense, reveal them not.
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Ἀκήκοε γάρ σου καὶ ἐφυλάξατό σε, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ μισήσει σε.
For he heard and observed thee, And when time cometh he will hate thee.
10
Ἀκήκοας λόγον; συναποθανέτω σοι, θάρσει, οὐ μή σε ῥήξει.
If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; And be bold, it will not burst thee.
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Ἀπὸ προσώπου λόγου ὠδινήσει μωρὸς, ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου βρέφους ἡ τίκτουσα.
A fool travaileth with a word, As a woman in labor of a child.
12
Βέλος πεπηγὸς ἐν μηρῷ σαρκὸς, οὕτως λόγος ἐν κοιλίᾳ μωροῦ.
As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh, So is a word within a fool’s belly.
13
Ἔλεγξον φίλον, μήποτε οὐκ ἐποίησε, καὶ εἴ τι ἐποίησε, μήποτε προσθῇ.
Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: And if he have done it, that he do it no more.
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Ἔλεγξον τὸν φίλον, μήποτε οὐκ εἶπε, καὶ εἰ εἴρηκεν, ἵνα μὴ δευτερώσῃ.
Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: And if he have, that he speak it not again.
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Ἔλεγξον φίλον, πολλάκις γὰρ γίνεται διαβολὴ, καὶ μὴ παντὶ λόγῳ πίστευε.
Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, And believe not every tale.
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Ἔστιν ὀλισθαίνων καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ ψυχῆς· καὶ τίς οὐχ ἡμάρτησεν ἐν τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ;
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; And who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?
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Ἔλεγξον τὸν πλησίον σου πρινη ἀπειλῆσαι, καὶ δὸς τόπον νόμῳ ὑψίστου.
Admonish thy neighbor before thou threaten him; And give place to the law of the most High.
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Πᾶσα σοφία φόβος Κυρίου, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ ποίησις νόμου.
The fear of the Lord is all wisdom; And in all wisdom is the performance of the law.
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Καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σοφία πονηρίας ἐπιστήμη, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, ὅπου βουλὴ ἁμαρτωλῶν, φρόνησις.
The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, Neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.
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Ἔστι πονηρία καὶ αὕτη βδέλυγμα, καὶ ἔστιν ἄφρων ἐλαττούμενος σοφίᾳ.
There is a wickedness, and the same an abomination; And there is a fool wanting in wisdom.
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Κρείττων ἡττώμενος ἐν συνέσει ἔμφοβος, ἢ περισσεύων ἐν φρονήσει καὶ παραβαίνων νόμον.
He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, Is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
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Ἔστι πανουργία ἀκριβὴς καὶ αὕτη ἄδικος, καὶ ἔστι διαστρέφων χάριν τοῦ ἐκφᾶναι κρίμα.
There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust; And there is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear.
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Ἔστι πονηρευόμενος συγκεκυφὼς μελανίᾳ, καὶ τὰ ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ πλήρης δόλου.
There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head sadly; But inwardly he is full of deceit,
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Συγκύφων πρόσωπον καὶ ἑτεροκωφῶν, ὅπου οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη, προφθάσει σε.
Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not: Where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware.
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Καὶ ἐὰν ὑπὸ ἐλαττώματος ἰσχύος κωλυθῇ ἁμαρτεῖν, ἐὰν εὕρῃ καιρὸν, κακοποιήσει.
And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, Yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.
29
Ἀπὸ ὁράσεως ἐπιγνωσθήσεται ἀνὴρ, καὶ ἀπὸ ἀπαντήσεως προσώπου ἐπιγνωσθήσεται νοήμων.
A man may be known by his look, And one that hath understanding by his countenance, when thou meetest him.
30
Στολισμὸς ἀνδρὸς καὶ γέλως ὀδόντων καὶ βήματα ἀνθρώπου ἀναγγέλλει τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ.
A man’s attire, and excessive laughter, And gait, show what he is.