Proverbs 2 Clementine Vulgate
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1 [Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
1 My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2 ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
2 so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
3 yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
4 if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
6 quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9 Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10 [Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,
10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12 ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13 qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16 Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
16 to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17 et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
17 who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.
18 for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19 Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20 Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
20 Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22 impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.]
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 4:1; John 12:47–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9
- 2 Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 18:1; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 13:9; Psalm 119:111–112
- 3 James 1:5; Ephesians 1:17–18; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 25:4–5; 1 Kings 3:9–12
- 4 Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:29; Proverbs 16:16; Job 3:21; Proverbs 8:18–19
- 5 Proverbs 1:7; Jeremiah 24:7; Luke 10:22; 1 John 5:20; Luke 11:9–13
- 6 Ephesians 1:17–18; James 1:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 54:13; Job 32:8
- 7 James 3:15–17; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 84:11; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 8 Psalm 23:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:28–29; Psalm 145:20; Psalm 66:9
- 9 Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 1:2–6
- 10 Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; Job 23:12; Proverbs 24:13–14; Psalm 104:34
- 11 Proverbs 4:6; Ephesians 5:15; Psalm 25:21; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Psalm 119:9–11
- 12 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Isaiah 59:3–5
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 21:16; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 14 Romans 1:32; Proverbs 10:23; Jeremiah 11:15; Luke 22:4–5; 1 Corinthians 13:6
- 15 Psalm 125:5; Proverbs 21:8; Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 59:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5–23; Proverbs 23:27
- 17 Ezekiel 16:59–60; Jeremiah 3:4; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 2:14–16; Proverbs 5:18
- 18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Proverbs 9:18; Galatians 5:19–21; Revelation 21:8; Ephesians 5:5
- 19 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Psalm 81:12; Hosea 4:14; Matthew 19:24–26; Hebrews 6:18
- 20 Hebrews 6:12; 3 John 11; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 13:20
- 21 Psalm 84:11; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 10:30; Job 42:12
- 22 Psalm 52:5; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 10:30
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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).
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“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 in these very books on the study of which they are intent, they read, "The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding;" and it is from Him they have received their very desire for knowledge, if it is wedded to piety.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)