1 [Melius est nomen bonum quam divitiæ multæ; super argentum et aurum gratia bona. 2 Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi: utriusque operator est Dominus. 3 Callidus vidit malum, et abscondit se; innocens pertransiit, et afflictus est damno. 4 Finis modestiæ timor Domini, divitiæ, et gloria, et vita. 5 Arma et gladii in via perversi; custos autem animæ suæ longe recedit ab eis. 6 Proverbium est: adolescens juxta viam suam; etiam cum senuerit, non recedet ab ea. 7 Dives pauperibus imperat, et qui accipit mutuum servus est fœnerantis. 8 Qui seminat iniquitatem metet mala, et virga iræ suæ consummabitur. 9 Qui pronus est ad misericordiam benedicetur: de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi. Victoriam et honorem acquiret qui dat munera; animam autem aufert accipientium. 10 Ejice derisorem, et exibit cum eo jurgium, cessabuntque causæ et contumeliæ. 11 Qui diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem. 12 Oculi Domini custodiunt scientiam, et supplantantur verba iniqui. 13 Dicit piger: Leo est foris; in medio platearum occidendus sum. 14 Fovea profunda os alienæ: cui iratus est Dominus, incidet in eam. 15 Stultitia colligata est in corde pueri, et virga disciplinæ fugabit eam. 16 Qui calumniatur pauperem ut augeat divitias suas, dabit ipse ditiori, et egebit.] 17 [Inclina aurem tuam, et audi verba sapientium: appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam, 18 quæ pulchra erit tibi cum servaveris eam in ventre tuo, et redundabit in labiis tuis: 19 ut sit in Domino fiducia tua, unde et ostendi eam tibi hodie. 20 Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter, in cogitationibus et scientia: 21 ut ostenderem tibi firmitatem et eloquia veritatis, respondere ex his illis qui miserunt te. 22 Non facias violentiam pauperi quia pauper est, neque conteras egenum in porta: 23 quia judicabit Dominus causam ejus, et configet eos qui confixerunt animam ejus. 24 Noli esse amicus homini iracundo, neque ambules cum viro furioso: 25 ne forte discas semitas ejus, et sumas scandalum animæ tuæ. 26 Noli esse cum his qui defigunt manus suas, et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis: 27 si enim non habes unde restituas, quid causæ est ut tollat operimentum de cubili tuo? 28 Ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos, quos posuerunt patres tui. 29 Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo? coram regibus stabit, nec erit ante ignobiles.]
Proverbs 22 Clementine Vulgate
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Cross references (29)
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- 1 Ecclesiastes 7:1; Luke 10:20; 1 Kings 1:47
- 2 Job 31:15; 1 Samuel 2:7; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 29:13; Job 34:19
- 3 Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 29:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–6; Hebrews 11:7
- 4 James 4:10; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 34:9–10; Proverbs 21:21; Psalm 112:1–3
- 5 Proverbs 16:17; Jude 20–21; 1 John 5:18; Proverbs 15:19; Psalm 18:26–27
- 6 Ephesians 6:4; Deuteronomy 6:7; 2 Timothy 3:15; Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 4:9
- 7 2 Kings 4:1; Matthew 18:25; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 14:31
- 8 Galatians 6:7–8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 30:31; Psalm 125:3; Hosea 10:13
- 9 Proverbs 19:17; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 4:9
- 10 1 Corinthians 5:5–6; Proverbs 26:20–21; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Psalm 101:5; Nehemiah 13:28
- 11 Matthew 5:8; Proverbs 16:13; Psalm 101:6; Proverbs 14:35; Psalm 45:2
- 12 2 Timothy 3:8–9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Acts 13:8–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Job 5:12–13
- 13 Proverbs 26:13–16; Numbers 13:32–33; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 6:24–29; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:5–27
- 15 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 23:13–14; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 16 Proverbs 22:22–23; James 2:13; Psalm 12:5; James 5:1–5; Luke 14:12–14
- 17 Proverbs 23:12; Psalm 90:12; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 2:2–5
- 18 Jeremiah 15:16; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 8:6; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 15:7
- 19 Psalm 62:8; Isaiah 12:2; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 26:4; 1 Peter 1:21
- 20 2 Peter 1:19–21; Proverbs 8:6; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Psalm 12:6; Hosea 8:12
- 21 Luke 1:3–4; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 5:13; John 20:31
- 22 Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Exodus 23:6; Proverbs 22:16; Job 31:21
- 23 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 12:5; Jeremiah 51:36; Proverbs 23:11; 1 Samuel 25:39
- 24 Proverbs 29:22; 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Proverbs 21:24
- 25 1 Corinthians 15:33; Psalm 106:35; Proverbs 13:20
- 26 Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 6:1–5; Proverbs 27:13
- 27 Proverbs 20:16; 2 Kings 4:1; Exodus 22:26–27
- 28 Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Proverbs 23:10; Job 24:2
- 29 1 Kings 11:28; Matthew 25:21; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 10:4; Matthew 25:23
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Scripture says, "The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the Maker of them both." The rich and the poor meet together.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Because we incessantly move the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set. We encroach, we add house to house, field to field, to enrich ourselves at the expense of our neighbour.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)