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Proverbs 31 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)

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1 Моѧ̑ словеса̀ реко́шасѧ ѿ бг҃а, царе́во проро́чество, є҆го́же наказа̀ ма́ти є҆гѡ̀: 2 что̀, ча́до, (꙳соблюде́ши,) что̀ рече́нїе бж҃їе; перворо́дне, тебѣ̀ глаго́лю, сы́не: что̀, ча́до моегѡ̀ чре́ва; что̀, ча́до мои́хъ моли́твъ; 3 Не да́ждь жена́мъ твоегѡ̀ бога́тства и҆ твоегѡ̀ ᲂу҆ма̀ и҆ житїѧ̀ въ послѣ́днїй совѣ́тъ. 4 Съ совѣ́томъ всѐ творѝ, съ совѣ́томъ пі́й вїно̀: си́льнїи гнѣвли́ви сꙋ́ть, вїна̀ да не пїю́тъ, 5 да напи́вшесѧ не забꙋ́дꙋтъ мꙋ́дрости и҆ пра́во сꙋди́ти немѡщны́мъ не возмо́гꙋтъ. 6 Дади́те сїке́ра сꙋ́щымъ въ печа́лехъ и҆ вїно̀ пи́ти сꙋ́щымъ въ болѣ́знехъ, 7 да забꙋ́дꙋтъ ᲂу҆боже́ства и҆ болѣ́зней не воспомѧ́нꙋтъ ктомꙋ̀. 8 Сы́не, ѿверза́й ᲂу҆ста̀ твоѧ̑ сло́вꙋ бж҃їю и҆ сꙋдѝ всѧ̑ здра́вѡ: 9 ѿверза́й ᲂу҆ста̀ твоѧ̑ и҆ сꙋдѝ првⷣнѡ, разсꙋжда́й же ᲂу҆бо́га и҆ не́мощна. 10 Женꙋ̀ до́блю кто̀ ѡ҆брѧ́щетъ, дража́йши є҆́сть ка́менїѧ многоцѣ́ннагѡ такова́ѧ: 11 дерза́етъ на ню̀ се́рдце мꙋ́жа є҆ѧ̀: такова́ѧ до́брыхъ коры́стей не лиши́тсѧ: 12 дѣ́лаетъ бо мꙋ́жꙋ своемꙋ̀ блага̑ѧ во всѐ житїѐ: 13 ѡ҆брѣ́тши во́лнꙋ и҆ ле́нъ, сотворѝ благопотре́бное рꙋка́ма свои́ма. 14 Бы́сть ꙗ҆́кѡ кора́бль кꙋ́плю дѣ́ѧ, и҆здале́ча собира́етъ себѣ̀ бога́тство: 15 и҆ востае́тъ и҆з̾ но́щи, и҆ дадѐ бра̑шна до́мꙋ и҆ дѣла̀ рабы́нѧмъ. 16 Оу҆зрѣ́вши село̀ кꙋпѝ, ѿ плодѡ́въ же рꙋ́къ свои́хъ насадѝ стѧжа́нїе. 17 Препоѧ́савши крѣ́пкѡ чрє́сла своѧ̑, ᲂу҆тверди́тъ мы̑шцы своѧ̑ на дѣ́ло, 18 и҆ вкꙋсѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ добро̀ є҆́сть дѣ́лати, и҆ не ᲂу҆гаса́етъ свѣти́льникъ є҆ѧ̀ всю̀ но́щь. 19 Ла̑кти своѧ̑ простира́етъ на полє́знаѧ, рꙋ́цѣ же своѝ ᲂу҆твержда́етъ на вретено̀, 20 и҆ рꙋ́цѣ своѝ ѿверза́етъ ᲂу҆бо́гомꙋ, дла́нь же прострѐ ни́щꙋ. 21 Не пече́тсѧ ѡ҆ сꙋ́щихъ въ домꙋ̀ мꙋ́жъ є҆ѧ̀, є҆гда̀ гдѣ̀ заме́длитъ: вси́ бо ᲂу҆ неѧ̀ ѡ҆дѣ́ѧни сꙋ́ть. 22 Сꙋгꙋ̑ба ѡ҆дѣѧ̑нїѧ сотворѝ мꙋ́жꙋ своемꙋ̀, ѿ вѷссо́на же и҆ порфѵ́ры себѣ̀ ѡ҆дѣѧ̑нїѧ. 23 Сла́венъ быва́етъ во вратѣ́хъ мꙋ́жъ є҆ѧ̀, внегда̀ а҆́ще сѧ́детъ въ со́нмищи со старѣ̑йшины жи́тельми землѝ. 24 Плащани̑цы сотворѝ и҆ продадѐ фїнїкі́анѡмъ, ѡ҆поѧ̑санїѧ же ханане́ѡмъ. 25 Оу҆ста̀ своѧ̑ ѿве́рзе внима́тельнѡ и҆ зако́ннѡ и҆ чи́нъ заповѣ́да ѧ҆зы́кꙋ своемꙋ̀. 26 Крѣ́постїю и҆ лѣ́потою ѡ҆блече́сѧ, и҆ возвесели́сѧ во дни̑ послѣ̑днїѧ. 27 Тѣ̑сны стєзѝ до́мꙋ є҆ѧ̀, бра́шна же лѣ́ностнагѡ не ꙗ҆дѐ. 28 Оу҆ста̀ своѧ̑ ѿве́рзе мꙋ́дрѡ и҆ зако́ннѡ. 29 Ми́лостынѧ же є҆ѧ̀ возста́ви ча̑да є҆ѧ̀, и҆ ѡ҆богати́шасѧ: и҆ мꙋ́жъ є҆ѧ̀ похвалѝ ю҆̀: 30 мнѡ́ги дще́ри стѧжа́ша бога́тство, мнѡ́ги сотвори́ша си́лꙋ: ты́ же пред̾ꙋспѣ́ла и҆ превознесла́сѧ є҆сѝ над̾ всѣ́ми: 31 ло́жнагѡ ᲂу҆гожде́нїѧ и҆ сꙋ́етныѧ добро́ты же́нскїѧ нѣ́сть въ тебѣ̀: жена́ бо разꙋ́мнаѧ благослове́на є҆́сть: стра́хъ же гдⷭ҇ень сїѧ̀ да хва́литъ. 32 Дади́те є҆́й ѿ плодѡ́въ ᲂу҆сте́нъ є҆ѧ̀, и҆ да хвали́мь бꙋ́детъ во вратѣ́хъ мꙋ́жъ є҆ѧ̀.

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  • Lemuel

    King taught by his mother

    A king whose words, taught him by his mother, are recorded in Proverbs 31.

    Cited in the guide: Proverbs 31:1

Cross references (30)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Proverbs 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:5; Proverbs 1:8; 2 Timothy 3:15; Proverbs 30:1
  2. 2 Isaiah 49:15; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:28
  3. 3 Deuteronomy 17:17; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:26–27; Proverbs 5:9–11; 1 Kings 11:1
  4. 4 Proverbs 20:1; Ecclesiastes 10:17; Isaiah 5:22; Hosea 4:11–12; Habakkuk 2:5
  5. 5 Habakkuk 2:5
  6. 6 1 Timothy 5:23; Psalm 104:15; 1 Samuel 1:10; Job 3:20; 2 Kings 4:27
  7. 7 Ephesians 5:18
  8. 8 Psalm 82:3–4; Proverbs 24:11–12; Jeremiah 38:7–10; Jeremiah 26:24; Esther 4:13–16
  9. 9 Isaiah 1:17; Amos 5:11–12; Leviticus 19:15; Job 29:15–16; Deuteronomy 1:16
  10. 10 Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 12:4; Ephesians 5:25–33; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 3:15
  11. 11 1 Peter 3:1–7
  12. 13 1 Timothy 5:10; Titus 2:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12; Acts 9:39–40; Ruth 2:23
  13. 14 Ezekiel 27:3–36; 1 Kings 9:26–28
  14. 15 Romans 12:11; Mark 1:35; Luke 12:42; Proverbs 20:13; Ecclesiastes 9:10
  15. 16 Matthew 13:44; Song of Songs 8:12; Joshua 15:18
  16. 17 Job 38:3; 1 Peter 1:13; Ephesians 6:10; Luke 12:35; Ephesians 6:14
  17. 18 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Matthew 25:3–10; Genesis 31:40; Psalm 127:2; 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9
  18. 19 Exodus 35:25–26
  19. 20 Ephesians 4:28; Hebrews 13:16; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 22:9; Romans 12:13
  20. 21 Genesis 45:22; Proverbs 25:20; 2 Samuel 1:24
  21. 22 Revelation 19:8; Proverbs 7:16; Genesis 41:42; Ezekiel 16:10–13; Esther 8:15
  22. 23 Proverbs 12:4; Ruth 4:1; Deuteronomy 16:18; Ruth 4:11; Job 29:7
  23. 24 Luke 16:19; Ezekiel 27:16; 1 Kings 10:28; Proverbs 31:19; Judges 14:12
  24. 25 Job 40:10; Romans 13:14; 1 Timothy 2:10; Ephesians 4:24; Job 29:14
  25. 26 Ephesians 4:29; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 10:31; Proverbs 12:18; Colossians 4:5
  26. 27 1 Timothy 5:10; Titus 2:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Proverbs 14:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:11
  27. 28 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; 1 Kings 2:19; Proverbs 31:1; Psalm 116:16
  28. 29 Song of Songs 6:8–9; Ephesians 5:27
  29. 30 Proverbs 1:7; 1 Peter 3:4–5; Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 8:13; 1 Peter 1:24
  30. 31 Psalm 128:2; Hebrews 6:10; Revelation 14:13; Matthew 7:16; Romans 16:1–4

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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).

  1. Quotes verse 31:26 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter I — 32, 33)

    And mercy is in His tongue, therefore mercifully teacheth He the law, as it is said regarding wisdom, "The law and mercy doth she carry in her tongue." Do not fear that thou art not able to fulfill the law, flee to mercy.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)