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Proverbs 24 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 Сы́не, не ревнꙋ́й мꙋжє́мъ ѕлы̑мъ, нижѐ возжелѣ́й бы́ти съ ни́ми:
1 Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
2 лжа́мъ бо поꙋча́етсѧ се́рдце и҆́хъ, и҆ болѣ̑зни ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ и҆́хъ глаго́лютъ.
2 for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
3 Съ премꙋ́дростїю зи́ждетсѧ до́мъ и҆ съ ра́зꙋмомъ и҆справлѧ́етсѧ.
3 Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
4 Съ чꙋ́вствїемъ и҆сполнѧ́ютсѧ сокрѡ́вища ѿ всѧ́кагѡ бога́тства честна́гѡ и҆ до́брагѡ.
4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.
5 Лꙋ́чше мꙋ́дрый крѣ́пкагѡ, и҆ мꙋ́жъ ра́зꙋмъ и҆мѣ́ѧй земледѣ́льца вели́ка.
5 A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,
6 Со ᲂу҆правле́нїемъ быва́етъ бра́нь, по́мощь же съ се́рдцемъ совѣ́тнымъ.
6 for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in many advisors.
7 Премꙋ́дрость и҆ мы́сль бла́га во вратѣ́хъ премꙋ́дрыхъ: смы́сленнїи не ᲂу҆кланѧ́ютсѧ ѿ зако́на гдⷭ҇нѧ,
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
8 но совѣ́тꙋютъ въ со́нмищихъ. Ненака́занныхъ срѣта́етъ сме́рть,
8 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
9 ᲂу҆мира́етъ же безꙋ́мный во грѣсѣ́хъ. Нечистота̀ мꙋ́жꙋ гꙋби́телю:
9 The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
10 ѡ҆скверни́тсѧ въ де́нь ѕо́лъ и҆ въ де́нь печа́ли, до́ндеже ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́етъ.
10 If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
11 И҆зба́ви ведѡ́мыѧ на сме́рть и҆ и҆скꙋпѝ ᲂу҆бива́емыхъ, не щадѝ.
11 Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
12 А҆́ще же рече́ши: не вѣ́мъ сегѡ̀: разꙋмѣ́й, ꙗ҆́кѡ гдⷭ҇ь всѣ́хъ сердца̀ вѣ́сть, и҆ созда́вый дыха́нїе всѣ̑мъ, се́й вѣ́сть всѧ́чєскаѧ, и҆́же возда́стъ комꙋ́ждо по дѣлѡ́мъ є҆гѡ̀.
12 If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not give to every man according to his work?
13 Ꙗ҆́ждь ме́дъ, сы́не, бла́гъ бо є҆́сть со́тъ, да наслади́тсѧ горта́нь тво́й:
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
14 си́це ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́еши премꙋ́дрость дꙋше́ю твое́ю: а҆́ще бо ѡ҆брѧ́щеши, бꙋ́детъ добра̀ кончи́на твоѧ̀, и҆ ᲂу҆пова́нїе не ѡ҆ста́витъ тебѐ.
14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.
15 Не приводѝ нечести́ваго на па́жить првⷣныхъ, нижѐ прельща́йсѧ насыще́нїемъ чре́ва:
15 Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;
16 седмери́цею бо паде́тъ првⷣный и҆ воста́нетъ, нечести́вїи же и҆знемо́гꙋтъ въ ѕлы́хъ.
16 for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17 А҆́ще паде́тъ вра́гъ тво́й, не ѡ҆бра́дꙋйсѧ є҆мꙋ̀, въ преткнове́нїи же є҆гѡ̀ не возноси́сѧ:
17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
18 ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆́зритъ гдⷭ҇ь, и҆ не ᲂу҆го́дно є҆мꙋ̀ бꙋ́детъ, и҆ ѿврати́тъ ꙗ҆́рость свою̀ ѿ негѡ̀.
18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Не ра́дꙋйсѧ ѡ҆ ѕлодѣ́ющихъ и҆ не ревнꙋ́й грѣ̑шнымъ,
19 Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
20 не пребꙋ́дꙋтъ бо внꙋ́цы лꙋка́выхъ, свѣти́ло же нечести́выхъ ᲂу҆га́снетъ.
20 for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21 Бо́йсѧ бг҃а, сы́не, и҆ царѧ̀, и҆ ни є҆ди́номꙋ же и҆́хъ проти́висѧ:
21 My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
22 внеза́пꙋ бо и҆стѧ́жꙋтъ нечести́выхъ, мꙋчє́нїѧ же ѻ҆бои́хъ кто̀ ᲂу҆вѣ́сть; Сло́во сохранѧ́ѧй сы́нъ кромѣ̀ поги́бели бꙋ́детъ: прїе́млѧй же прїѧ́тъ ѻ҆́ное. Ничто́же ло́жно ѿ ѧ҆зы́ка царе́ви да глаго́летсѧ, и҆ ни є҆ди́на лжа̀ ѿ ѧ҆зы́ка є҆гѡ̀ да и҆зы́детъ: ме́чь (є҆́сть) ѧ҆зы́къ царе́въ, а҆ не пло́тѧнъ: и҆ и҆́же а҆́ще пре́данъ бꙋ́детъ, сокрꙋши́тсѧ: а҆́ще бо раздражи́тсѧ ꙗ҆́рость є҆гѡ̀, со жи́лами человѣ́ки гꙋби́тъ, и҆ кѡ́сти человѣ́чєскїѧ поѧда́етъ и҆ сожига́етъ ꙗ҆́кѡ пла́мень, ꙗ҆́кѡ не ꙗ҆дѡ́мымъ бы́ти птенца́ми ѻ҆́рлими. Мои́хъ слове́съ, сы́не, бо́йсѧ, и҆ прїи́мъ ѧ҆̀ пока́йсѧ.
22 for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
23 Сїѧ̑ же ва́мъ смы́слєннымъ глаго́лю разꙋмѣ́ти: срамлѧ́тисѧ лица̀ на сꙋдѣ̀ не добро̀.
23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 Глаго́лѧй нечести́ваго, ꙗ҆́кѡ пра́веденъ є҆́сть, про́клѧтъ ѿ люді́й бꙋ́детъ и҆ возненави́дѣнъ во ꙗ҆зы́цѣхъ:
24 He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
25 ѡ҆блича́ющїи же лꙋ́чшїи ꙗ҆вѧ́тсѧ, на нѧ́же прїи́детъ благослове́нїе бла́го:
25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.
26 и҆ ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ ѡ҆блобыза́ютъ ѿвѣща́ющыѧ словеса̀ бла̑га.
26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Оу҆готовлѧ́й на и҆схо́дъ дѣла̀ твоѧ̑, и҆ ᲂу҆гото́висѧ на село̀, и҆ ходѝ в̾слѣ́дъ менє̀, и҆ сози́ждеши до́мъ тво́й.
27 Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
28 Не бꙋ́ди свидѣ́тель лжи́въ на твоего̀ граждани́на, нижѐ пространѧ́йсѧ твои́ма ᲂу҆стна́ма.
28 Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
29 Не рцы̀: и҆́мже ѡ҆́бразомъ сотвори́ ми, сотворю̀ є҆мꙋ̀ и҆ ѿмщꙋ̀ є҆мꙋ̀, и҆́миже мѧ̀ преѡби́дѣ.
29 Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 Ꙗ҆́коже ни́ва мꙋ́жъ безꙋ́мный, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ вїногра́дъ человѣ́къ скꙋдоꙋ́мный:
30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
31 а҆́ще ѡ҆ста́виши є҆го̀, ѡ҆пꙋстѣ́етъ и҆ траво́ю порасте́тъ ве́сь, и҆ бꙋ́детъ ѡ҆ста́вленъ, ѡ҆гра̑ды же ка́мєнныѧ є҆гѡ̀ раскопа́ютсѧ.
31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Послѣдѝ а҆́зъ пока́ѧхсѧ, воззрѣ́хъ и҆збра́ти наказа́нїе:
32 Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
33 ма́лѡ дремлю̀, ма́лѡ же сплю̀ и҆ ма́лѡ ѡ҆б̾е́млю рꙋка́ма пє́рси:
33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34 а҆́ще же сїѐ твори́ши, прїи́детъ пред̾идꙋ́щи нищета̀ твоѧ̀ и҆ скꙋ́дость твоѧ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ бла́гъ тече́цъ.
34 so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 37:7; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 3:31; James 4:5–6; Psalm 37:1
- 2 Psalm 7:14; Psalm 28:3; Psalm 10:7; Isaiah 59:4; Job 15:35
- 3 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 9:1; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Colossians 2:7; Jeremiah 10:12
- 4 Proverbs 15:6; Proverbs 21:20; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 8:21; Matthew 13:52
- 5 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Colossians 1:11; Isaiah 40:31; Proverbs 21:22; Proverbs 8:14
- 6 Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 20:18; Ephesians 6:10–20; Proverbs 15:22; Luke 14:31
- 7 Proverbs 14:6; Psalm 10:5; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 92:5–6; Amos 5:10
- 8 Psalm 21:11; Ezekiel 38:10–11; Romans 1:30; Nahum 1:11; Proverbs 6:14
- 9 Matthew 15:19; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Isaiah 55:7; Proverbs 29:8; Acts 8:22
- 10 Isaiah 40:28–31; Ephesians 3:13; Jeremiah 51:46; Hebrews 12:3–5; 1 Samuel 27:1
- 11 Psalm 82:4; Isaiah 58:6–7; 1 John 3:16–17; Job 29:17; Luke 10:31–32
- 12 Job 34:11; Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23; Romans 2:6; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 13 Isaiah 7:15; Song of Songs 5:1; Proverbs 25:16; Song of Songs 4:11; Matthew 3:4
- 14 James 1:25; Proverbs 2:10; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 23:18
- 15 Jeremiah 11:19; Acts 9:24; 1 Samuel 22:18–19; 1 Samuel 9:11; Matthew 26:4
- 16 Psalm 34:19; Psalm 37:24; Micah 7:8–10; Job 5:19; 2 Corinthians 4:8–12
- 17 Obadiah 12; Job 31:29; 1 Corinthians 13:6–7; Proverbs 17:5; 2 Samuel 16:5–14
- 18 Lamentations 4:21–22; Zechariah 1:15–16
- 19 Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:1; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 24:1
- 20 Proverbs 13:9; Job 18:5–6; Job 21:17; Psalm 11:6; Proverbs 20:20
- 21 Romans 13:1–7; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Titus 3:1; 1 Kings 12:16; Exodus 14:31
- 22 Numbers 16:31–35; Psalm 90:11; 2 Samuel 18:7–8; Hosea 5:11; 2 Chronicles 13:16–17
- 23 Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 18:5; James 3:17; Leviticus 19:15; Psalm 107:43
- 24 Proverbs 17:15; Isaiah 5:23; Proverbs 11:26; Exodus 23:6–7; Proverbs 28:27
- 25 1 Timothy 5:20; 1 Samuel 3:13; Proverbs 28:23; Nehemiah 13:8–11; 1 Kings 21:19–20
- 26 Proverbs 15:23; Genesis 41:38–57; Proverbs 25:11–12; Job 6:25; Proverbs 16:1
- 27 Luke 14:28–30; 1 Kings 5:17–18; 1 Kings 6:7
- 28 Ephesians 4:25; Matthew 26:59–60; Proverbs 25:18; 1 Kings 21:9–13; Colossians 3:9
- 29 Romans 12:17–21; Proverbs 20:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Matthew 5:39–44; Proverbs 25:21–22
- 30 Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 6:6–19; Ecclesiastes 8:9–11; Job 4:8; Proverbs 10:13
- 31 Isaiah 5:5; Ecclesiastes 10:18; Genesis 3:17–19; Jeremiah 4:3; Proverbs 22:13
- 32 1 Corinthians 10:11; Deuteronomy 21:21; Luke 2:51; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Job 7:17
- 33 Proverbs 6:4–11; 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8; Romans 13:11; Ephesians 5:14
- 34 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4
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What the Fathers said
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How these were chosen
“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).
On this account it is often put for all numbers together, as, "A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again," --that is, let him fall never so often, he will not perish (and this was meant to be understood not of sins, but of afflictions conducing to lowliness).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For no other reason it was said, "a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:" that is, the just man perisheth not, though brought low in every way, yet not induced to transgress, otherwise he will not be just.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But "God strengtheneth." For "the just falleth seven times, and riseth again; but the wicked shall be weakened in evils." When evils befall the wicked, they are weakened thereby; when evils befall the righteous, "the Lord strengtheneth all that are falling."..."And lifteth up all those that have been cast down:" all, that is, who belong to him; for "God resisteth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)