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Proverbs 20 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Неви́нно вїно̀, ᲂу҆кори́зненно же пїѧ́нство, и҆ всѧ́къ пребыва́ѧй въ не́мъ не бꙋ́детъ премꙋ́дръ.
1 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 Не ра́знствꙋетъ преще́нїе царе́во ѿ ꙗ҆́рости льво́вы: раздража́ѧй же є҆го̀ и҆ примѣша́ѧйсѧ є҆мꙋ̀ согрѣша́етъ въ свою̀ дꙋ́шꙋ.
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3 Сла́ва мꙋ́жꙋ ѿвраща́тисѧ ѿ досажде́нїѧ: всѧ́къ же безꙋ́менъ си́ми соплета́етсѧ.
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
4 Поноси́мь лѣни́вый не ᲂу҆срамлѧ́етсѧ, та́кожде и҆ зае́млѧй пшени́цꙋ въ жа́твꙋ.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Вода̀ глꙋбока̀ совѣ́тъ въ се́рдцы мꙋ́жа: мꙋ́жъ же премꙋ́дръ и҆сче́рплетъ ю҆̀.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Вели́ка ве́щь человѣ́къ, и҆ драга́ѧ мꙋ́жъ творѧ́й ми́лость: мꙋ́жа же вѣ́рна (вели́ко) дѣ́ло ѡ҆брѣстѝ.
6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
7 И҆́же без̾ поро́ка живе́тъ въ пра́вдѣ, блажє́ны ѡ҆ста́витъ дѣ́ти своѧ̑.
7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
8 Є҆гда̀ ца́рь пра́веденъ на престо́лѣ сѧ́детъ, не проти́витсѧ пред̾ ѻ҆чи́ма є҆гѡ̀ ничто́же лꙋка́во.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 Кто̀ похва́литсѧ чи́сто и҆мѣ́ти се́рдце; и҆лѝ кто̀ де́рзнетъ рещѝ чи́ста себѐ бы́ти ѿ грѣхѡ́въ;
9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
10 Вѣ́съ вели́къ и҆ ма́лъ, и҆ мѣ́ра сꙋгꙋ́ба, нечи̑ста пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ ѻ҆боѧ̀:
10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
11 и҆ творѧ́й ѧ҆̀ въ начина́нїихъ свои́хъ за́пнетсѧ: ю҆́нота съ преподо́бнымъ, и҆ пра́вый пꙋ́ть є҆гѡ̀.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12 Оу҆́хо слы́шитъ, и҆ ѻ҆́ко ви́дитъ: гдⷭ҇нѧ дѣла̀ ѻ҆боѧ̀.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
13 Не любѝ клевета́ти, да не вознесе́шисѧ: ѿве́рзи ѻ҆́чи твоѝ и҆ насыща́йсѧ хлѣ́ба.
13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 Ѕло̀, ѕло̀, рече́тъ стѧжава́ѧй, и҆ ѿше́дъ тогда̀ похва́литсѧ.
14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 Є҆́сть зла́то и҆ мно́жество ка́менїй драги́хъ, сосꙋ́дъ че́стенъ ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ разꙋ̑мны.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Возмѝ ри́зꙋ є҆гѡ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆спорꙋ́чникъ бы́сть чꙋжды́ѧ, и҆ за чꙋждꙋ́ю возмѝ зало́гъ ѿ негѡ̀.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 Сла́докъ є҆́сть человѣ́кꙋ хлѣ́бъ лжѝ, но пото́мъ и҆спо́лнѧтсѧ ᲂу҆ста̀ є҆гѡ̀ ка́менїѧ.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18 Помышле́нїе въ совѣ́тѣ ᲂу҆гото́витсѧ, въ правле́нїи же твори́тъ бра́нь.
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
19 Ѿкрыва́ѧй та́йнꙋ хо́дитъ ле́стїю: и҆ прельща́ющемꙋ ᲂу҆стна́ми свои́ми не примѣша́йсѧ.
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20 Ѕлосло́вѧщемꙋ ѻ҆тца̀ и҆лѝ ма́терь ᲂу҆га́снетъ свѣти́льникъ, зѣ̑ницы же ѻ҆че́съ є҆гѡ̀ ᲂу҆́зрѧтъ тьмꙋ̀.
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21 Ча́сть поспѣ́шна въ нача́лѣ, въ послѣ́днихъ не благослови́тсѧ.
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
22 Не рцы̀: ѿмщꙋ̀ врагꙋ̀: но потерпѝ гдⷭ҇а, да тѝ помо́жетъ.
22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
23 Ме́рзость гдⷭ҇еви сꙋгꙋ́бый вѣ́съ, и҆ мѣ́рило лжи́во не добро̀ пред̾ ни́мъ.
23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24 Ѿ гдⷭ҇а и҆справлѧ́ютсѧ стѡпы̀ мꙋ́жꙋ: сме́ртный же ка́кѡ ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́етъ пꙋти̑ своѧ̑;
24 A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
25 Сѣ́ть мꙋ́жеви ско́рѡ нѣ́что ѿ свои́хъ ѡ҆свѧща́ти: по ѡ҆бѣ́тѣ бо раска́ѧнїе быва́етъ.
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
26 Вѣ́ѧтель нечести́выхъ є҆́сть ца́рь мꙋ́дръ и҆ наложи́тъ на нѧ̀ ко́ло.
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27 Свѣ́тъ гдⷭ҇ень дыха́нїе человѣ́кѡмъ, и҆́же и҆спыта́етъ та̑йнаѧ ᲂу҆тро́бы.
27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
28 Ми́лостынѧ и҆ и҆́стина сохране́нїе царю̀, и҆ ѡ҆б̾и́дꙋтъ престо́лъ є҆гѡ̀ въ пра́вдѣ.
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
29 Лѣ́пота (є҆́сть) ю҆́нымъ премꙋ́дрость: сла́ва же ста̑рымъ сѣди̑ны.
29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30 Ра̑ны и҆ сокрꙋшє́нїѧ срѣта́ютъ ѕлы́хъ, ꙗ҆́звы же въ сокро́вищихъ чре́ва.
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:18; Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Proverbs 31:4
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; 1 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 8:36; Hosea 11:10
- 3 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 19:11; Ephesians 4:32–5:1; Proverbs 14:29
- 4 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:24–28; Matthew 25:3–10
- 5 Proverbs 18:4; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Psalm 64:6
- 6 Psalm 12:1; Matthew 6:2; Luke 18:8; Luke 22:33; Proverbs 27:2
- 7 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 37:26; Jeremiah 32:39; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 2:39
- 8 Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 99:4; Psalm 92:9
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8–10; 1 Kings 8:46; Job 14:4; Job 15:14
- 10 Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35; Deuteronomy 25:13–15
- 11 Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:43–44; Proverbs 21:8; Luke 2:46–47; Psalm 51:5
- 12 Matthew 13:13–16; Psalm 94:9; Psalm 119:18; Exodus 4:11; Ephesians 1:17–18
- 13 Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:15; Romans 13:11; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 10:4
- 14 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- 15 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 16:16; Romans 10:14–15
- 16 Proverbs 27:13; Exodus 22:26–27; Proverbs 22:26–27; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 7:5
- 17 Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Job 20:12–20; Lamentations 3:15–16; Hebrews 11:25
- 18 Luke 14:31; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Judges 1:1–2; Proverbs 11:14
- 19 Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 13:3; Romans 16:18; Proverbs 18:8; Leviticus 19:16
- 20 Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 30:11; Proverbs 30:17; Matthew 15:4; Jude 13
- 21 1 Timothy 6:9; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 28:22
- 22 Romans 12:17–19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 24:29; Proverbs 17:13; 1 Peter 3:9
- 23 Proverbs 20:10; Hosea 12:7; Ezekiel 45:10; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5
- 24 Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 25:4
- 25 Ecclesiastes 5:4–6; Matthew 5:33; Numbers 30:2–16; Leviticus 27:9–10; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 12:31; Psalm 101:5–8; 2 Samuel 4:9–12; Isaiah 28:27–28
- 27 1 Corinthians 2:11; Hebrews 4:12–13; Job 32:8; 1 John 3:19–21; Genesis 2:7
- 28 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 101:1; Isaiah 16:5
- 29 1 John 2:14; Proverbs 16:31; Leviticus 19:32; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 30 Hebrews 12:10; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 19:25; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 27:9
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "The Spirit of the Lord is a candle searching the secret parts of the belly." Let us reflect how near He is, and that none of the thoughts or reasonings in which we engage are hid from Him.
Because, "When the righteous King sitteth on the throne, who will glory that his heart is pure?" It may be thou dost not discover anything in thine own conscience; but He who seeth better, whose Divine glance penetrateth into deeper things, discovereth it may be something, He seeth it may be something, He discovereth something.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Here then it is further required, that each of you be found faithful in his conscience: for a faithful man it is hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So too it is said by Solomon, "For the wise king is the winnower of the ungodly, and he bringeth on them the wheel of the wicked.--After Thine height Thou hast multiplied the sons of men." For there is in temporal things too a multiplication, which turns away from the unity of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For there be many that please themselves, and think themselves righteous; and there is another passage which goeth against them, which saith, "Who shall boast that he hath a clean heart, and that he is pure from sin?" There is then, so to speak, a limit to glorying in our conscience, namely, to know that thy faith is sincere, thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)