1 Υἱὸς σοφὸς εὐφραίνει πατέρα, υἱὸς δὲ ἄφρων λύπη τῇ μητρί. 2 Οὐκ ὠφελήσουσι θησαυροὶ ἀνόμους, δικαιοσύνη δὲ ῥύσεται ἐκ θανάτου. 3 Οὐ λιμοκτονήσει Κύριος ψυχὴν δικαίαν, ζωὴν δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀνατρέψει. 4 Πενία ἄνδρα ταπεινοῖ, χεῖρες δὲ ἀνδρείων πλουτίζουσιν· 4a υἱὸς πεπαιδευμένος σοφὸς ἔσται, τῷ δὲ ἄφρονι διακόνῳ χρήσεται. 5 Διεσώθη ἀπὸ καύματος υἱὸς νοήμων, ἀνεμόφθορος δὲ γίνεται ἐν ἀμητῷ υἱὸς παράνομος. 6 Εὐλογία Κυρίου ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν δικαίου, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν καλύψει πένθος ἄωρον. 7 Μνήμη δικαίων μετʼ ἐγκωμίων, ὄνομα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς σβέννυται. 8 Σοφὸς καρδίᾳ δέξεται ἐντολὰς, ὁ δὲ ἄστεγος χείλες σκολιάζων ὑποσκελισθήσεται. 9 Ὃς πορεύεται ἁπλῶς, πορεύεται πεποιθώς· ὁ δὲ διαστρέφων τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ, γνωσθήσεται. 10 Ὁ ἐννεύων ὀφθαλμοῖς μετὰ δόλου, συνάγει ἀνδράσι λύπας· ὁ δὲ ἐλέγχων μετὰ παῤῥησίας, εἰρηνοποιεῖ. 11 Πηγὴ ζωῆς ἐν χειρὶ δικαίου, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς καλύψει ἀπώλεια. 12 Μῖσος ἐγείρει νεῖκος, πάντας δὲ τοὺς μὴ φιλονεικοῦντας καλύπτει φιλία. 13 Ὃ ἐκ χειλέων προφέρει σοφίαν, ῥάβδῳ τύπτει ἄνδρα ἀκάρδιον. 14 Σοφοὶ κρύψουσιν αἴσθησιν, στόμα δὲ προπετοῦς ἐγγίζει συντριβῇ. 15 Κτῆσις πλουσίων πόλις ὀχυρὰ, συντριβὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πενία. 16 Ἔργα δικαίων ζωὴν ποιεῖ, καρποὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτίας. 17 Ὁδοὺς δικαίας ζωῆς φυλάσσει παιδεία, παιδεία δὲ ἀνεξέλεγκτος πλανᾶται. 18 Καλύπτουσιν ἔχθραν χείλη δίκαια, οἱ δὲ ἐκφέροντες λοιδορίας ἀφρονέστατοί εἰσιν. 19 Ἐκ πολυλογίας οὐκ ἐκφεύξῃ ἁμαρτίαν, φειδόμενος δὲ χειλέων νοήμων ἔσῃ. 20 Ἄργυρος πεπυρωμένος γλῶσσα δικαίου, καρδία δὲ ἀσεβοῦς ἐκλείψει. 21 Χείλη δικαίων ἐπίσταται ὑψηλὰ, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες ἐν ἐνδείᾳ τελευτῶσιν. 22 Εὐλογία Κυρίου ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν δικαίου, αὕτη πλουτίζει, καὶ οὐ μὴ προστεθῇ αὐτῇ λύπη ἐν καρδίᾳ. 23 Ἐν γέλωτι ἄφρων πράσσει κακὰ, ἡ δὲ σοφία ἀνδρὶ τίκτει φρόνησιν. 24 Ἐν ἀπωλείᾳ ἀσεβὴς περιφέρεται, ἐπιθυμία δὲ δικαίου δεκτή. 25 Παραπορευομένης καταιγίδος ἀφανίζεται ἀσεβὴς, δίκαιος δὲ ἐκκλίνας σώζεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. 26 Ὥσπερ ὄμφαξ ὀδοῦσι βλαβερὸν, καὶ καπνὸς ὄμμασιν, οὕτως παρανομία τοῖς χρωμένοις αὐτῇ. 27 Φόβος Κυρίου προστίθησιν ἡμέρας, ἔτη δὲ ἀσεβῶν ὀλιγωθήσεται. 28 Ἐγχρονίζει δικαίοις εὐφροσύνη, ἐλπὶς δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀπολεῖται. 29 Ὀχύρωμα ὁσίου φόβος Κυρίου, συντριβὴ δὲ τοῖς ἐργαζομένοις κακά. 30 Δίκαιος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα οὐκ ἐνδώσει, ἀσεβεῖς δὲ οὐκ οἰκήσουσι γῆν. 31 Στόμα δικαίου ἀποστάζει σοφίαν, γλῶσσα δὲ ἀδίκου ἐξολεῖται. 32 Χείλη ἀνδρῶν δικαίων ἀποστάζει χάριτας, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀποστρέφεται.
Proverbs · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Proverbs 10 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 17:25; Proverbs 23:15–16; Proverbs 29:3
- 2 Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 12:28; Proverbs 21:6; Psalm 49:6–10; Romans 5:21
- 3 Psalm 37:3; Matthew 6:30–33; Psalm 37:25; Psalm 34:9–10; Zephaniah 1:18
- 4 Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 6:6–11
- 5 Proverbs 6:8; Proverbs 30:25; Proverbs 17:2; Proverbs 19:26; Proverbs 6:6
- 6 Deuteronomy 28:2; Proverbs 28:20; Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 24:25; Job 29:13
- 7 Psalm 112:6; Luke 1:48; Mark 14:9; Psalm 109:13; 2 Chronicles 24:16
- 8 Matthew 7:24–25; Proverbs 12:1; James 3:13; Proverbs 9:9; Psalm 119:34
- 9 Proverbs 28:18; Matthew 10:26; Psalm 26:11–12; Isaiah 33:15–16; 1 Corinthians 4:5
- 10 Psalm 35:19; Proverbs 6:13; 3 John 10; Proverbs 10:8; Job 15:12
- 11 Proverbs 13:14; Ephesians 4:29; Proverbs 10:20–21; Proverbs 18:4; Proverbs 10:6
- 12 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7; Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 15:18; James 5:20
- 13 Proverbs 26:3; Proverbs 6:32; Isaiah 50:4; Proverbs 15:23; Proverbs 17:10
- 14 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 9:9; Proverbs 10:10
- 15 Proverbs 18:11; Proverbs 19:7; Proverbs 14:20; Psalm 52:7; Ecclesiastes 7:12
- 16 Romans 6:23; Isaiah 3:10–11; John 6:27; Hebrews 6:10; Proverbs 11:18–19
- 17 Proverbs 15:10; Proverbs 5:12; Luke 11:28; 2 Peter 1:5–11; Proverbs 6:23
- 18 Proverbs 26:24–26; Psalm 55:21; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 13:23–29; Psalm 15:3
- 19 James 1:19; James 3:2; Proverbs 17:27–28; Ecclesiastes 10:13–14; Ecclesiastes 5:3
- 20 Jeremiah 17:9; Proverbs 12:18; Genesis 6:5; Proverbs 15:4; Matthew 12:34–35
- 21 Hosea 4:6; Proverbs 17:16; Matthew 13:19; Proverbs 1:29; Job 4:3–4
- 22 Psalm 107:38; Genesis 26:12; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Genesis 24:35; Genesis 12:2
- 23 Proverbs 15:21; Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 26:18–19; Ecclesiastes 11:9
- 24 Psalm 145:19; Isaiah 66:4; Matthew 5:6; Job 15:21; 1 John 5:14–15
- 25 Psalm 15:5; Psalm 58:9; Proverbs 12:3; Matthew 7:24–27; Ephesians 2:20
- 26 Proverbs 25:13; Proverbs 26:6; Matthew 25:26; Romans 12:11; Proverbs 25:20
- 27 Proverbs 9:11; Proverbs 3:2; Psalm 91:16; Job 15:32–33; Job 22:15–16
- 28 Job 8:13; Psalm 73:24–26; Romans 15:13; Proverbs 11:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:16
- 29 Proverbs 21:15; Romans 2:8–9; Philippians 4:13; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 37:20
- 30 Psalm 37:22; Psalm 125:1; Psalm 37:28–29; Psalm 37:9–10; Proverbs 2:21–22
- 31 Psalm 37:30; Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 10:20–21; Psalm 63:11; Proverbs 10:11
- 32 Proverbs 11:11; Proverbs 15:28; Proverbs 12:6; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 2:12
- 4a Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 6:6–11
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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).
But since this is so, what is that which Solomon says, and which we heard first to-day out of another lesson, "He that winketh with the eyes deceitfully, heapeth sorrow upon men; but he that reproveth openly, maketh peace"? If then "he that reproveth openly, maketh peace;" how "rebuke him between him and thee alone"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
It is not I that say: hear the Scripture: "As a sour grape is vexation to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is unrighteousness to them that use it." For he that shall have eaten unrighteousness, that is, he that shall have had unrighteousness wilfully, shall not be able to eat righteousness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)