Proverbs 12
1 If you love knowledge, you will love discipline. Anyone who hates being corrected is stupid!
Qui diligit disciplinam, diligit scientiam: qui autem odit increpationes, insipiens est.
2 The Lord blesses the good, but he condemns anyone with evil schemes.
Qui bonus est, hauriet gratiam a Domino: qui autem confidit in cogitationibus suis, impie agit,
3 Wickedness doesn't provide security, but those who live right are deeply rooted and cannot be moved.
Non roborabitur homo ex impietate: et radix iustorum non commovebitur.
4 A good wife is a crown for her husband, but one who brings shame is like rot in his bones.
Mulier diligens, corona est viro suo: et putredo in ossibus eius, quæ confusione res dignas gerit.
5 Good people make plans that are fair, but the advice of the wicked is deceptive.
Cogitationes iustorum iudicia: et consilia impiorum fraudulenta:
6 The words of the wicked are like a violent ambush, but those of honest people save them.
Verba impiorum insidiantur sanguini: os iustorum liberabit eos.
7 The wicked are destroyed, and they're gone, but the family of the good stands firm.
Verte impios, et non erunt: domus autem iustorum permanebit.
8 People are appreciated for talking sense, but those with perverted minds are despised.
Doctrina sua noscetur vir: qui autem vanus et excors est, patebit contemptui.
9 Better to be a humble man serving himself than a boastful man who has nothing to eat.
Melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi, quam gloriosus et indigens pane.
10 Good people look after their animals, but the care given by wicked is really cruelty.
Novit iustus iumentorum suorum animas: viscera autem impiorum crudelia.
11 If you cultivate the land you'll have plenty of food, but if you chase after worthless things you're stupid.
Qui operatur terram suam, satiabitur panibus: qui autem sectatur otium, stultissimus est. Qui suavis est in vini demorationibus, in suis munitionibus relinquit contumeliam.
12 Wicked people long for ill-gotten gains, but good people are productive themselves.
Desiderium impii munimentum est pessimorum: radix autem iustorum proficiet.
13 The wicked trap themselves by their own sinful words, but good people escape trouble.
Propter peccata labiorum ruina proximat malo: effugiet autem iustus de angustia.
14 What you say brings you rewards, and your work returns to bless you.
De fructu oris sui unusquisque replebitur bonis, et iuxta opera manuum suarum retribuetur ei.
15 Stupid people think they're on the right track, but if you're wise you listen to advice.
Via stulti recta in oculis eius: qui autem sapiens est, audit consilia.
16 Stupid people get angry immediately, but if you're sensible you ignore an insult.
Fatuus statim indicat iram suam: qui autem dissimulat iniuriam, callidus est.
17 Whoever tells the truth is being honest, but a false witness tells lies.
Qui quod novit loquitur, index iustitiæ est: qui autem mentitur, testis est fraudulentus.
18 Some people's hasty words cut like a knife, but the words of the wise bring healing.
Est qui promittit, et quasi gladio pungitur conscientiæ: lingua autem sapientium sanitas est.
19 Words of truth last forever, but lies are gone in a moment.
Labium veritatis firmum erit in perpetuum: qui autem testis est repentinus, concinnat linguam mendacii.
20 Deceit is in the mind of those planning evil, but those who plan peace have joy.
Dolus in corde cogitantium mala: qui autem pacis ineunt consilia, sequitur eos gaudium.
21 No harm comes to the good, but trouble fills the wicked.
Non contristabit iustum quidquid ei acciderit: impii autem replebuntur malo.
22 The Lord hates liars but is happy with those who are trustworthy.
Abominatio est Domino labia mendacia: qui autem fideliter agunt, placent ei.
23 If you're sensible, you don't show off your knowledge, but stupid people announce their stupidity.
Homo versatus celat scientiam: et cor insipientium provocat stultitiam.
24 Hard work brings leadership, but laziness brings slavery.
Manus fortium dominabitur: quæ autem remissa est, tributis serviet.
25 If you're anxious, you're weighed down, but an encouraging word will cheer you up.
Mœror in corde viri humiliabit illum, et sermone bono lætificabitur.
26 Good people look out for their friends, but the way the wicked live leads them astray.
Qui negligit damnum propter amicum, iustus est: iter autem impiorum decipiet eos.
27 Lazy people don't catch their prey, but if you work hard you can become rich.
Non inveniet fraudulentus lucrum: et substantia hominis erit auri pretium.
28 The path of right leads to life, it doesn't lead to death.
In semita iustitiæ, vita: iter autem devium ducit ad mortem.
