Proverbs · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Proverbs 18 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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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).
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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1 Čovek samovoljan traži šta je njemu milo i meša se u svašta.
1 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
2 Bezumniku nije mio razum nego da se javlja srce njegovo.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
3 Kad dođe bezbožnik, dođe i rug, i prekor sa sramotom.
3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
4 Reči su iz usta čovečijih duboka voda, izvor je mudrosti potok koji se razliva.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 Nije dobro gledati bezbožniku ko je, da se učini krivo pravom na sudu.
5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 Usne bezumnikove pristaju u svađu, i usta njegova dozivaju boj.
6 A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
7 Bezumniku su usta njegova pogibao, i usne njegove pruglo duši njegovoj.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 Reči su opadačeve kao izbijenih, ali silaze unutra u trbuh.
8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
9 I ko je nemaran u poslu svom brat je raspikući.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 Tvrda je kula ime Gospodnje. K Njemu će pobeći pravednik, i biće u visokom zaklonu.
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 Bogatstvo je bogatom jak grad i kao visok zid u njegovoj misli.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 Pred propast podiže se srce čoveka, a pre slave ide smernost.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
13 Ko odgovara pre nego čuje, tome je ludost i sramota.
13 He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
14 Duh čovečiji snosi bol svoj; a duh oboren ko će podignuti?
14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
15 Srce razumnog čoveka dobavlja znanje, i uho mudrih traži znanje.
15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 Dar čoveku širi mesto i vodi ga pred vlastelje.
16 A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17 Pravedan se čini ko je prvi u svojoj raspri, ali kad dođe bližnji njegov, ispituje se.
17 He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
18 Raspre prekida žreb, i između silnih rasuđuje.
18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
19 Uvređen je brat kao tvrd grad, i svađa je kao prevornica na dvoru.
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
20 Svakom se trbuh siti plodom usta njegovih, dohotkom od usna svojih siti se.
20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 Smrt je i život u vlasti jeziku, i ko ga miluje, ješće plod njegov.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 Ko je našao ženu, našao je dobro i dobio ljubav od Gospoda.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
23 Siromah govori moleći, a bogat odgovara oštro.
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 Ko ima prijatelja, valja da postupa prijateljski, jer ima prijatelja vernijih od brata.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:15–17; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 2:1–6; Jeremiah 15:17; Proverbs 24:21
- 2 Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 12:23; Psalm 1:1–2; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 13:16
- 3 Proverbs 22:10; 1 Peter 4:14; Proverbs 11:2; 1 Peter 4:4; Proverbs 29:16
- 4 Proverbs 20:5; Proverbs 10:11; Colossians 4:6; John 4:14; Proverbs 13:14
- 5 Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 16:19; Proverbs 28:21; Psalm 82:2; Proverbs 17:15
- 6 Proverbs 27:3; Proverbs 16:27–28; Proverbs 22:24–25; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 25:24
- 7 Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 10:14; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 140:9
- 8 Proverbs 12:18; Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 26:20–22; Psalm 64:3–4
- 9 Proverbs 10:4; Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 24:30–34; Romans 12:11; Proverbs 23:20–21
- 10 2 Samuel 22:3; Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 91:2; Psalm 144:2; Psalm 61:3–4
- 11 Proverbs 10:15; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Psalm 52:5–7; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 49:6–9
- 12 Proverbs 15:33; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 28:2
- 13 John 7:51; Deuteronomy 13:14; Proverbs 20:25; Job 29:16
- 14 Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; 1 Peter 1:6; Psalm 147:3
- 15 James 1:5; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; Luke 10:39
- 16 Proverbs 19:6; Genesis 43:11; Genesis 33:10; 1 Samuel 25:27; Proverbs 17:8
- 17 Proverbs 18:13
- 18 Proverbs 16:33; Nehemiah 11:1; 1 Samuel 10:21–27; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Samuel 14:42
- 19 Proverbs 16:32; Acts 15:39; Proverbs 6:19; Genesis 37:3–5; 1 Kings 12:16
- 20 Proverbs 25:11–12; Proverbs 12:13–14; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 22:18
- 21 Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 12:35–37; Colossians 4:6; Proverbs 10:19–21; James 3:6–9
- 22 Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 12:4; Ecclesiastes 9:9; 1 Corinthians 7:2
- 23 James 2:3; James 1:9–11; Exodus 5:2; James 2:6; 1 Samuel 25:17
- 24 Proverbs 17:17; John 15:13–15; Proverbs 27:9; 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 19:4–5
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
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).
For that is true which is written, "Pride goeth before destruction, and before honor is humility;" that is to say, secret ruin precedes open ruin, while the former is not counted ruin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Defile it not therefore, lest to thee also He say, "Though ye make many prayers, I will not hearken." Yea, and "in the power of the tongue are death and life;" and, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." I bid thee then watch thy tongue more than the apple of thine …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The hand of God he hath called the power of God: as hath been written in another place, "death and life are in the hands of the tongue." Hath the tongue hands?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)