Proverbs · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Proverbs 2 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- 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, а҆́ще прїи́мъ глаго́лъ моеѧ̀ за́повѣди, скры́еши въ себѣ̀,
1 My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2 послꙋ́шаетъ премꙋ́дрости твоѐ ᲂу҆́хо, и҆ приложи́ши се́рдце твоѐ къ ра́зꙋмꙋ: приложи́ши же є҆̀ въ наказа́нїе сы́нꙋ твоемꙋ̀.
2 so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 А҆́ще бо премꙋ́дрость призове́ши и҆ ра́зꙋмꙋ да́си гла́съ тво́й, чꙋ́вство же взы́щеши вели́кимъ гла́сомъ,
3 yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 и҆ а҆́ще взы́щеши є҆ѧ̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ сребра̀, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже сокрѡ́вища и҆спыта́еши ю҆̀:
4 if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 тогда̀ ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́еши стра́хъ гдⷭ҇ень и҆ позна́нїе бж҃їе ѡ҆брѧ́щеши:
5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
6 ꙗ҆́кѡ гдⷭ҇ь дае́тъ премꙋ́дрость, и҆ ѿ лица̀ є҆гѡ̀ позна́нїе и҆ ра́зꙋмъ:
6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 и҆ сокро́вищствꙋетъ и҆справлѧ́ющымъ спⷭ҇нїе, защища́етъ же ше́ствїе и҆́хъ,
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 є҆́же сохрани́ти пꙋти̑ ѡ҆правда́нїй, и҆ пꙋ́ть благоговѣ́инствꙋющихъ є҆го̀ сохрани́тъ.
8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9 Тогда̀ ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́еши пра́вдꙋ и҆ сꙋ́дъ и҆ и҆спра́виши всѧ̑ стєзѝ бл҃гі̑ѧ.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10 А҆́ще бо прїи́детъ премꙋ́дрость въ твою̀ мы́сль, чꙋ́вство же твое́й дꙋшѝ добро̀ бы́ти возмни́тсѧ,
10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 совѣ́тъ до́бръ сохрани́тъ тѧ̀, помышле́нїе же преподо́бное соблюде́тъ тѧ̀,
11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12 да и҆зба́витъ тѧ̀ ѿ пꙋтѝ ѕла́гѡ и҆ ѿ мꙋ́жа, глаго́люща ничто́же вѣ́рно.
12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13 Ѽ, ѡ҆ста́вившїи пꙋти̑ пра̑выѧ, є҆́же ходи́ти въ пꙋте́хъ тьмы̀!
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 ѽ, веселѧ́щїисѧ ѡ҆ ѕлы́хъ и҆ ра́дꙋющїисѧ ѡ҆ развраще́нїи ѕлѣ́мъ!
14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 и҆́хже стєзѝ стро́пѡтны, и҆ кри̑ва течє́нїѧ и҆́хъ, є҆́же дале́че тѧ̀ сотвори́ти ѿ пꙋтѝ пра́ва,
15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16 и҆ чꙋ́жда ѿ пра́веднагѡ ра́зꙋма. Сы́не, да тѧ̀ не пости́гнетъ совѣ́тъ ѕлы́й,
16 to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17 ѡ҆ставлѧ́ѧй ᲂу҆че́нїе ю҆́ности, и҆ завѣ́та бжⷭ҇твеннагѡ забы́вый:
17 who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 поста́ви бо при сме́рти до́мъ сво́й и҆ при а҆́дѣ съ земны́ми дѣѧ̑нїѧ своѧ̑.
18 for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19 Всѝ ходѧ́щїи по немꙋ̀ не возвратѧ́тсѧ, нижѐ пости́гнꙋтъ сте́зь пра́выхъ: ни бо̀ дости́гнꙋтъ лѣ́тъ жи́зни.
19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20 А҆́ще бо бы́ша ходи́ли въ стєзѝ бл҃гі̑ѧ, ѡ҆брѣлѝ ᲂу҆́бѡ бы́ша стєзѝ пра̑вы гла̑дки: бла́зи бꙋ́дꙋтъ жи́телїе на землѝ, неѕло́бивїи же ѡ҆ста́нꙋтъ на не́й:
20 Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 ꙗ҆́кѡ пра́вїи вселѧ́тсѧ на землѝ, и҆ прпⷣбнїи ѡ҆ста́нꙋтъ на не́й.
21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22 Пꙋтїѐ нечести́выхъ ѿ землѝ поги́бнꙋтъ, пребеззако́ннїи же и҆зри́нꙋтсѧ ѿ неѧ̀.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 4:1; John 12:47–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9
- 2 Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 18:1; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 13:9; Psalm 119:111–112
- 3 James 1:5; Ephesians 1:17–18; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 25:4–5; 1 Kings 3:9–12
- 4 Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:29; Proverbs 16:16; Job 3:21; Proverbs 8:18–19
- 5 Proverbs 1:7; Jeremiah 24:7; Luke 10:22; 1 John 5:20; Luke 11:9–13
- 6 Ephesians 1:17–18; James 1:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 54:13; Job 32:8
- 7 James 3:15–17; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 84:11; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 8 Psalm 23:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:28–29; Psalm 145:20; Psalm 66:9
- 9 Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 1:2–6
- 10 Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; Job 23:12; Proverbs 24:13–14; Psalm 104:34
- 11 Proverbs 4:6; Ephesians 5:15; Psalm 25:21; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Psalm 119:9–11
- 12 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Isaiah 59:3–5
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 21:16; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 14 Romans 1:32; Proverbs 10:23; Jeremiah 11:15; Luke 22:4–5; 1 Corinthians 13:6
- 15 Psalm 125:5; Proverbs 21:8; Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 59:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5–23; Proverbs 23:27
- 17 Ezekiel 16:59–60; Jeremiah 3:4; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 2:14–16; Proverbs 5:18
- 18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Proverbs 9:18; Galatians 5:19–21; Revelation 21:8; Ephesians 5:5
- 19 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Psalm 81:12; Hosea 4:14; Matthew 19:24–26; Hebrews 6:18
- 20 Hebrews 6:12; 3 John 11; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 13:20
- 21 Psalm 84:11; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 10:30; Job 42:12
- 22 Psalm 52:5; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 10:30
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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 in these very books on the study of which they are intent, they read, "The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding;" and it is from Him they have received their very desire for knowledge, if it is wedded to piety.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)