1 [Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens. 2 Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam. 3 Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis. 4 Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi. 5 Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud. 6 Multi homines misericordes vocantur; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet?] 7 [Justus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet. 8 Rex qui sedet in solio judicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo. 9 Quis potest dicere: Mundum est cor meum; purus sum a peccato? 10 Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura: utrumque abominabile est apud Deum. 11 Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera ejus. 12 Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem: Dominus fecit utrumque. 13 Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat: aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus. 14 Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur. 15 Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.] 16 [Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo. 17 Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo. 18 Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella. 19 Ei qui revelat mysteria, et ambulat fraudulenter, et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis. 20 Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris: 21 hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit. 22 Ne dicas: Reddam malum: exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te. 23 Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus; statera dolosa non est bona. 24 A Domino diriguntur gressus viri: quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam? 25 Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare.] 26 [Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem. 27 Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris. 28 Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem, et roboratur clementia thronus ejus. 29 Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities. 30 Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagæ in secretioribus ventris.]
Proverbs 20 Clementine Vulgate
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- 1 Ephesians 5:18; Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Proverbs 31:4
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; 1 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 8:36; Hosea 11:10
- 3 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 19:11; Ephesians 4:32–5:1; Proverbs 14:29
- 4 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:24–28; Matthew 25:3–10
- 5 Proverbs 18:4; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Psalm 64:6
- 6 Psalm 12:1; Matthew 6:2; Luke 18:8; Luke 22:33; Proverbs 27:2
- 7 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 37:26; Jeremiah 32:39; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 2:39
- 8 Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 99:4; Psalm 92:9
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8–10; 1 Kings 8:46; Job 14:4; Job 15:14
- 10 Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35; Deuteronomy 25:13–15
- 11 Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:43–44; Proverbs 21:8; Luke 2:46–47; Psalm 51:5
- 12 Matthew 13:13–16; Psalm 94:9; Psalm 119:18; Exodus 4:11; Ephesians 1:17–18
- 13 Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:15; Romans 13:11; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 10:4
- 14 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- 15 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 16:16; Romans 10:14–15
- 16 Proverbs 27:13; Exodus 22:26–27; Proverbs 22:26–27; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 7:5
- 17 Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Job 20:12–20; Lamentations 3:15–16; Hebrews 11:25
- 18 Luke 14:31; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Judges 1:1–2; Proverbs 11:14
- 19 Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 13:3; Romans 16:18; Proverbs 18:8; Leviticus 19:16
- 20 Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 30:11; Proverbs 30:17; Matthew 15:4; Jude 13
- 21 1 Timothy 6:9; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 28:22
- 22 Romans 12:17–19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 24:29; Proverbs 17:13; 1 Peter 3:9
- 23 Proverbs 20:10; Hosea 12:7; Ezekiel 45:10; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5
- 24 Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 25:4
- 25 Ecclesiastes 5:4–6; Matthew 5:33; Numbers 30:2–16; Leviticus 27:9–10; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 12:31; Psalm 101:5–8; 2 Samuel 4:9–12; Isaiah 28:27–28
- 27 1 Corinthians 2:11; Hebrews 4:12–13; Job 32:8; 1 John 3:19–21; Genesis 2:7
- 28 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 101:1; Isaiah 16:5
- 29 1 John 2:14; Proverbs 16:31; Leviticus 19:32; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 30 Hebrews 12:10; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 19:25; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 27:9
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For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "The Spirit of the Lord is a candle searching the secret parts of the belly." Let us reflect how near He is, and that none of the thoughts or reasonings in which we engage are hid from Him.
Because, "When the righteous King sitteth on the throne, who will glory that his heart is pure?" It may be thou dost not discover anything in thine own conscience; but He who seeth better, whose Divine glance penetrateth into deeper things, discovereth it may be something, He seeth it may be something, He discovereth something.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Here then it is further required, that each of you be found faithful in his conscience: for a faithful man it is hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So too it is said by Solomon, "For the wise king is the winnower of the ungodly, and he bringeth on them the wheel of the wicked.--After Thine height Thou hast multiplied the sons of men." For there is in temporal things too a multiplication, which turns away from the unity of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For there be many that please themselves, and think themselves righteous; and there is another passage which goeth against them, which saith, "Who shall boast that he hath a clean heart, and that he is pure from sin?" There is then, so to speak, a limit to glorying in our conscience, namely, to know that thy faith is sincere, thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)