1 Lažna su merila mrska Gospodu, a prava mera ugodna Mu je. 2 Kad dođe oholost, dođe i sramota; a u smernih je mudrost 3 Pravedne vodi bezazlenost njihova, a bezakonike satire zloća njihova. 4 Neće pomoći bogatstvo u dan gneva, a pravda izbavlja od smrti. 5 Pravda bezazlenoga upravlja put njegov, a bezbožnik pada od svoje bezbožnosti. 6 Pravedne izbavlja pravda njihova, a bezakonici hvataju se u svojoj zloći. 7 Kad umire bezbožnik, propada nadanje, i najjače uzdanje propada. 8 Pravednik se izbavlja iz nevolje, a bezbožnik dolazi na njegovo mesto. 9 Licemer kvari ustima bližnjeg svog; ali se pravednici izbavljaju znanjem. 10 Dobru pravednih raduje se grad; a kad propadaju bezbožnici, biva pevanje. 11 Blagoslovima pravednih ljudi podiže se grad, a s usta bezbožničkih raskopava se. 12 Bezumnik se ruga bližnjemu svom, a razuman čovek ćuti. 13 Opadač tumarajući izdaje tajnu; a ko je verna srca, taji stvar. 14 Gde nema saveta, propada narod, a pomoć je u mnoštvu savetnika. 15 Zlo prolazi ko se jamči za tuđina; a ko mrzi na jamstvo, bez brige je. 16 Žena mila dobija čast, a silni dobijaju bogatstvo. 17 Milostiv čovek čini dobro duši svojoj, a nemilostiv udi svom telu. 18 Bezbožni radi posao prevaran; a ko seje pravdu, pouzdana mu je plata. 19 Ko se drži pravde, na život mu je; a ko ide za zlom, na smrt mu je. 20 Mrski su Gospodu koji su opakog srca; a mili su Mu koji su bezazleni na svom putu. 21 Zao čovek neće ostati bez kara ako i druge uzme u pomoć; a seme pravednih izbaviće se. 22 Žena lepa a bez razuma zlatna je brnjica u gubici svinji. 23 Želja je pravednih samo dobro, a očekivanje bezbožnih gnev. 24 Jedan prosipa, i sve više ima; a drugi tvrduje suviše, i sve je siromašniji. 25 Podašna ruka biva bogatija, i ko napaja, sam će biti napojen. 26 Ko ne da žita, proklinje ga narod, a ko prodaje, blagoslov mu je nad glavom. 27 Ko traži dobro, dobija ljubav; a ko traži zlo, zadesiće ga. 28 Ko se uzda u bogatstvo svoje, propašće; a pravednici će se kao grana zeleneti. 29 Ko zatire kuću svoju, naslediće vetar; i bezumnik će služiti mudrom. 30 Plod je pravednikov drvo životno, i mudri obučava duše. 31 Gle, pravedniku se na zemlji plaća, a kamoli bezbožniku i grešniku?
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (31)
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- 1 Deuteronomy 25:13–16; Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35–36; Proverbs 20:10
- 2 Proverbs 29:23; Proverbs 16:18–19; Proverbs 15:33; Luke 18:14; Proverbs 18:12
- 3 Proverbs 28:18; Proverbs 13:6; Psalm 25:21; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 19:3
- 4 Zephaniah 1:18; Proverbs 10:2; Genesis 7:1; Ezekiel 7:19; 1 Timothy 4:8
- 5 Proverbs 5:22; Psalm 9:15–16; Proverbs 3:6; Esther 7:3–10; Proverbs 1:31–32
- 6 Ecclesiastes 10:8; 1 Kings 2:44; 1 Samuel 12:3–4; Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 5:22
- 7 Proverbs 10:28; Job 8:13–14; Job 11:20; Exodus 15:9–10; Psalm 146:4
- 8 Daniel 6:23–24; Proverbs 21:18; Esther 7:9–10; Isaiah 43:3–4
- 9 Proverbs 2:10–16; Proverbs 4:5–6; 1 John 2:27; 1 Timothy 4:1–3; Psalm 55:20–21
- 10 Proverbs 28:12; Psalm 58:10–11; Esther 8:15–16; Proverbs 28:28; Judges 5:31
- 11 Proverbs 14:34; Proverbs 29:8; James 3:6; 2 Chronicles 32:20–22; Job 22:30
- 12 Proverbs 10:19; 1 Peter 2:23; Luke 16:14; Luke 18:9; Proverbs 14:21
- 13 Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 25:9; Leviticus 19:16; 1 Timothy 5:13; Proverbs 26:20–22
- 14 Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 16:22; 1 Kings 12:1–19
- 15 Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 6:1–5; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 22:26–27
- 16 Proverbs 31:30–31; Luke 10:42; Acts 16:14–15; 1 Samuel 25:32–33; Acts 9:39
- 17 Matthew 5:7; James 2:13; Matthew 25:34–40; James 5:1–5; Daniel 4:27
- 18 Galatians 6:8–9; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Hosea 10:12–13; James 3:18; Psalm 126:5–6
- 19 Proverbs 10:16; Romans 2:8–9; Proverbs 12:28; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 7:22–23
- 20 Psalm 119:1; Psalm 140:13; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Proverbs 21:29; Proverbs 6:14
- 21 Psalm 112:1–2; Acts 2:39; Jeremiah 32:39; Psalm 37:26; Proverbs 16:5
- 22 1 Peter 3:3–4; Proverbs 31:30; Nahum 3:4–6; Proverbs 7:10; 2 Peter 2:22
- 23 Matthew 5:6; Psalm 37:4; Romans 2:8–9; Jeremiah 17:16; Psalm 10:17
- 24 Proverbs 19:17; Luke 6:38; Deuteronomy 15:10; Psalm 112:9; Ecclesiastes 11:6
- 25 Matthew 5:7; 2 Corinthians 9:6–9; Isaiah 58:7–11; Matthew 25:34–35; Isaiah 32:8
- 26 Job 29:13; Genesis 42:6; Amos 8:4–6; Proverbs 24:24
- 27 Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 17:11; Esther 7:10; Psalm 57:6; Psalm 9:15–16
- 28 1 Timothy 6:17; Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 52:7–8; Psalm 1:3; Psalm 92:12–14
- 29 Ecclesiastes 5:16; Proverbs 14:19; Proverbs 15:27; Habakkuk 2:9–10; 1 Samuel 25:17
- 30 Daniel 12:3; James 5:20; 1 Corinthians 9:19–23; Proverbs 3:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:19
- 31 1 Peter 4:17–18; Jeremiah 25:29; 1 Corinthians 11:30–32; Proverbs 13:21; 2 Samuel 12:9–12
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What the Fathers said
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… To which he added this testimony: "For if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?" How then shall the wicked be with Thee, if Thou dost not even spare Thy faithful, in order that Thou mayest exercise and teach them? But as He spareth them not, for this reason, that He may teach them: he …
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