Proverbs 14
1 Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
σοφαὶ γυναῖκες ᾠκοδόμησαν οἴκους ἡ δὲ ἄφρων κατέσκαψεν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς
2 He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
ὁ πορευόμενος ὀρθῶς φοβεῖται τὸν κύριον ὁ δὲ σκολιάζων ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ ἀτιμασθήσεται
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
ἐκ στόματος ἀφρόνων βακτηρία ὕβρεως χείλη δὲ σοφῶν φυλάσσει αὐτούς
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
οὗ μή εἰσιν βόες φάτναι καθαραί οὗ δὲ πολλὰ γενήματα φανερὰ βοὸς ἰσχύς
5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
μάρτυς πιστὸς οὐ ψεύδεται ἐκκαίει δὲ ψεύδη μάρτυς ἄδικος
6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.
ζητήσεις σοφίαν παρὰ κακοῖς καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσεις αἴσθησις δὲ παρὰ φρονίμοις εὐχερής
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
πάντα ἐναντία ἀνδρὶ ἄφρονι ὅπλα δὲ αἰσθήσεως χείλη σοφά
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
σοφία πανούργων ἐπιγνώσεται τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν ἄνοια δὲ ἀφρόνων ἐν πλάνῃ
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
οἰκίαι παρανόμων ὀφειλήσουσιν καθαρισμόν οἰκίαι δὲ δικαίων δεκταί
10 The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
καρδία ἀνδρὸς αἰσθητική λυπηρὰ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ὅταν δὲ εὐφραίνηται οὐκ ἐπιμείγνυται ὕβρει
11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
οἰκίαι ἀσεβῶν ἀφανισθήσονται σκηναὶ δὲ κατορθούντων στήσονται
12 There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
ἔστιν ὁδὸς ἣ δοκεῖ ὀρθὴ εἶναι παρὰ ἀνθρώποις τὰ δὲ τελευταῖα αὐτῆς ἔρχεται εἰς πυθμένα ᾅδου
13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that delight is heaviness.
ἐν εὐφροσύναις οὐ προσμείγνυται λύπη τελευταία δὲ χαρὰ εἰς πένθος ἔρχεται
14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδῶν πλησθήσεται θρασυκάρδιος ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν διανοημάτων αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός
15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
ἄκακος πιστεύει παντὶ λόγῳ πανοῦργος δὲ ἔρχεται εἰς μετάνοιαν
16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
σοφὸς φοβηθεὶς ἐξέκλινεν ἀπὸ κακοῦ ὁ δὲ ἄφρων ἑαυτῷ πεποιθὼς μείγνυται ἀνόμῳ
17 He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
ὀξύθυμος πράσσει μετὰ ἀβουλίας ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος πολλὰ ὑποφέρει
18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
μεριοῦνται ἄφρονες κακίαν οἱ δὲ πανοῦργοι κρατήσουσιν αἰσθήσεως
19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
ὀλισθήσουσιν κακοὶ ἔναντι ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἀσεβεῖς θεραπεύσουσιν θύρας δικαίων
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich has many friends.
φίλοι μισήσουσιν φίλους πτωχούς φίλοι δὲ πλουσίων πολλοί
21 He that despises his neighbour sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
ὁ ἀτιμάζων πένητας ἁμαρτάνει ἐλεῶν δὲ πτωχοὺς μακαριστός
22 Do they not go astray that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
πλανώμενοι τεκταίνουσι κακά ἔλεον δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν τεκταίνουσιν ἀγαθοί οὐκ ἐπίστανται ἔλεον καὶ πίστιν τέκτονες κακῶν ἐλεημοσύναι δὲ καὶ πίστεις παρὰ τέκτοσιν ἀγαθοῖς
23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to destitution.
ἐν παντὶ μεριμνῶντι ἔνεστιν περισσόν ὁ δὲ ἡδὺς καὶ ἀνάλγητος ἐν ἐνδείᾳ ἔσται
24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
στέφανος σοφῶν πανοῦργος ἡ δὲ διατριβὴ ἀφρόνων κακή
25 A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
ῥύσεται ἐκ κακῶν ψυχὴν μάρτυς πιστός ἐκκαίει δὲ ψεύδη δόλιος
26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
ἐν φόβῳ κυρίου ἐλπὶς ἰσχύος τοῖς δὲ τέκνοις αὐτοῦ καταλείπει ἔρεισμα
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
πρόσταγμα κυρίου πηγὴ ζωῆς ποιεῖ δὲ ἐκκλίνειν ἐκ παγίδος θανάτου
28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
ἐν πολλῷ ἔθνει δόξα βασιλέως ἐν δὲ ἐκλείψει λαοῦ συντριβὴ δυνάστου
29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
μακρόθυμος ἀνὴρ πολὺς ἐν φρονήσει ὁ δὲ ὀλιγόψυχος ἰσχυρῶς ἄφρων
30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
πραΰθυμος ἀνὴρ καρδίας ἰατρός σὴς δὲ ὀστέων καρδία αἰσθητική
31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
ὁ συκοφαντῶν πένητα παροξύνει τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτόν ὁ δὲ τιμῶν αὐτὸν ἐλεᾷ πτωχόν
32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
ἐν κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀπωσθήσεται ἀσεβής ὁ δὲ πεποιθὼς τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ὁσιότητι δίκαιος
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀγαθῇ ἀνδρὸς σοφία ἐν δὲ καρδίᾳ ἀφρόνων οὐ διαγινώσκεται
34 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
δικαιοσύνη ὑψοῖ ἔθνος ἐλασσονοῦσι δὲ φυλὰς ἁμαρτίαι
35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
δεκτὸς βασιλεῖ ὑπηρέτης νοήμων τῇ δὲ ἑαυτοῦ εὐστροφίᾳ ἀφαιρεῖται ἀτιμίαν
