1 Hæ quoque parabolæ Salomonis, quas transtulerunt viri Ezechiæ regis Juda. 2 [Gloria Dei est celare verbum, et gloria regum investigare sermonem. 3 Cælum sursum, et terra deorsum, et cor regum inscrutabile. 4 Aufer rubiginem de argento, et egredietur vas purissimum. 5 Aufer impietatem de vultu regis, et firmabitur justitia thronus ejus. 6 Ne gloriosus appareas coram rege, et in loco magnorum ne steteris. 7 Melius est enim ut dicatur tibi: Ascende huc, quam ut humilieris coram principe.] 8 [Quæ viderunt oculi tui ne proferas in jurgio cito, ne postea emendare non possis, cum dehonestaveris amicum tuum. 9 Causam tuam tracta cum amico tuo, et secretum extraneo ne reveles: 10 ne forte insultet tibi cum audierit, et exprobrare non cesset. Gratia et amicitia liberant: quas tibi serva, ne exprobrabilis fias. 11 Mala aurea in lectis argenteis, qui loquitur verbum in tempore suo. 12 Inauris aurea, et margaritum fulgens, qui arguit sapientem et aurem obedientem. 13 Sicut frigus nivis in die messis, ita legatus fidelis ei qui misit eum: animam ipsius requiescere facit. 14 Nubes, et ventus, et pluviæ non sequentes, vir gloriosus et promissa non complens. 15 Patientia lenietur princeps, et lingua mollis confringet duritiam.] 16 [Mel invenisti: comede quod sufficit tibi, ne forte satiatus evomas illud. 17 Subtrahe pedem tuum de domo proximi tui, nequando satiatus oderit te. 18 Jaculum, et gladius, et sagitta acuta, homo qui loquitur contra proximum suum falsum testimonium. 19 Dens putridus, et pes lassus, qui sperat super infideli in die angustiæ, 20 et amittit pallium in die frigoris. Acetum in nitro, qui cantat carmina cordi pessimo. Sicut tinea vestimento, et vermis ligno, ita tristitia viri nocet cordi. 21 Si esurierit inimicus tuus, ciba illum; si sitierit, da ei aquam bibere: 22 prunas enim congregabis super caput ejus, et Dominus reddet tibi. 23 Ventus aquilo dissipat pluvias, et facies tristis linguam detrahentem. 24 Melius est sedere in angulo domatis quam cum muliere litigiosa et in domo communi. 25 Aqua frigida animæ sitienti, et nuntius bonus de terra longinqua. 26 Fons turbatus pede et vena corrupta, justus cadens coram impio. 27 Sicut qui mel multum comedit non est ei bonum, sic qui scrutator est majestatis opprimetur a gloria. 28 Sicut urbs patens et absque murorum ambitu, ita vir qui non potest in loquendo cohibere spiritum suum.]
Proverbs 25 Clementine Vulgate
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- 1 Proverbs 1:1; 1 Kings 4:32; Micah 1:1; Hosea 1:1; Ecclesiastes 12:9
- 2 Deuteronomy 29:29; Romans 11:33–34; Job 11:7–8; Job 38:4–39:30; Job 42:3
- 3 Psalm 103:11; 1 Kings 4:29; Isaiah 55:9; 1 Peter 1:7; Romans 8:39
- 4 2 Timothy 2:20–21; Ezekiel 22:18; Proverbs 17:3; Malachi 3:2–3; Isaiah 1:25–27
- 5 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 101:7–8; Proverbs 20:8; Proverbs 20:28; Isaiah 16:5
- 6 Proverbs 27:2; Proverbs 25:27; Proverbs 16:19; Exodus 3:11; 1 Samuel 15:17
- 7 Luke 14:7–11; 1 Peter 5:5; Luke 18:14; Revelation 4:1; Proverbs 16:19
- 8 Matthew 5:25; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 18:6; Proverbs 30:33; Proverbs 14:12
- 9 Matthew 18:5–17; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20:19
- 11 Proverbs 15:23; Isaiah 50:4; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Proverbs 24:26
- 12 Psalm 141:5; Proverbs 15:31–32; Proverbs 9:8; Proverbs 27:5–6; Proverbs 15:5
- 13 Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 25:25; Philippians 2:25–30; Proverbs 26:6
- 14 Proverbs 20:6; Luke 14:11; 2 Peter 2:15–19; 1 Kings 22:11; Jude 16
- 15 Ecclesiastes 10:4; Proverbs 15:1; Proverbs 16:14; Genesis 32:4–21; 1 Samuel 25:24–44
- 16 Proverbs 25:27; Ephesians 5:18; Proverbs 24:13–14; Isaiah 7:15; 1 Samuel 14:25–27
- 18 Psalm 57:4; Proverbs 12:18; James 3:6; Jeremiah 9:8; Proverbs 24:28
- 19 Isaiah 36:6; Ezekiel 29:6–7; Job 6:14–20; 2 Chronicles 28:20–21; 2 Timothy 4:16
- 20 Romans 12:15; Ecclesiastes 3:4; James 2:15–16; Proverbs 10:26; Deuteronomy 24:12–17
- 21 Romans 12:20–21; Matthew 5:44; Proverbs 24:17; Exodus 23:4–5; Luke 10:33–36
- 22 2 Samuel 16:12; Matthew 10:13
- 23 Proverbs 26:20; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Psalm 15:3; Romans 1:30; Job 37:22
- 24 Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 27:15–16; Proverbs 19:13
- 25 Proverbs 15:30; Romans 10:15; Psalm 63:1; Revelation 21:6; Nahum 1:15
- 26 Ezekiel 34:18–19; Matthew 26:69–74; Genesis 4:8; 1 Samuel 22:14–18; 1 Thessalonians 2:15
- 27 Proverbs 27:2; John 5:44; Philippians 2:3; Proverbs 25:16; 2 Corinthians 12:1
- 28 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 22:24; Nehemiah 1:3; 2 Chronicles 32:5; 1 Samuel 20:30
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… that the enemy should not know when we do our alms, how shall we do with the enemy himself so as to fulfil that precept, "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink"?
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