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Κεφάλαιο 20
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Chapter 20
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| ΕΡΓΑΤΗΣ μέθυσος οὐ πλουτισθήσεται· ὁ ἐξουθενῶν τὰ ὀλίγα κατὰ μικρὸν πεσεῖται. | There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise. |
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| οἶνος καὶ γυναῖκες ἀποστήσουσι συνετούς, καὶ ὁ κολλώμενος πόρναις τολμηρότερος ἔσται· | It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly: |
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| σῆτες καὶ σκώληκες κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ψυχὴ τολμηρὰ ἐξαρθήσεται. | and he that confesseth his fault shall be preserved from hurt. |
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| ῾Ο ταχὺ ἐμπιστεύων κοῦφος καρδίᾳ, καὶ ὁ ἁμαρτάνων εἰς ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλημμελήσει. | As is the lust of an eunuch to deflower a virgin; so is he that executeth judgment with violence. |
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| ὁ εὐφραινόμενος καρδίᾳ καταγνωσθήσεται, | There is one that keepeth silence, and is found wise: and another by much babbling becometh hateful. |
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| καὶ ὁ μισῶν λαλιὰν ἐλαττονοῦται κακίᾳ. | Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: and some keepeth silence, knowing his time. |
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| μηδέποτε δευτερώσῃς λόγον, καὶ οὐθέν σοι οὐ μὴ ἐλαττονωθῇ. | A wise man will hold his tongue till he see opportunity: but a babbler and a fool will regard no time. |
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| ἐν φίλῳ καὶ ἐν ἐχθρῷ μὴ διηγοῦ, καὶ εἰ μή ἔστι σοι ἁμαρτία, μὴ ἀποκάλυπτε· | He that useth many words shall be abhorred; and he that taketh to himself authority therein shall be hated. |
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| ἀκήκοε γάρ σου καὶ ἐφυλάξατό σε, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ μισήσει σε. | There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things; and there is a gain that turneth to loss. |
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| ἀκήκοας λόγον, συναποθανέτω σοι· θάρσει, οὐ μή σε ρήξει. | There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double. |
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| ἀπὸ προσώπου λόγου ὠδινήσει μωρὸς ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου βρέφους ἡ τίκτουσα. | There is an abasement because of glory; and there is that lifteth up his head from a low estate. |
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| βέλος πεπηγὸς ἐν μηρῷ σαρκός, οὕτως λόγος ἐν κοιλίᾳ μωροῦ. | There is that buyeth much for a little, and repayeth it sevenfold. |
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| ῎Ελεγξον φίλον, μήποτε οὐκ ἐποίησε, καὶ εἴ τι ἐποίησε, μήποτε προσθῇ. | A wise man by his words maketh himself beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out. |
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| ἔλεγξον τὸν πλησίον, μήποτε οὐκ εἶπε, καὶ εἰ εἴρηκεν, ἵνα μὴ δευτερώσῃ. | The gift of a fool shall do thee no good when thou hast it; neither yet of the envious for his necessity: for he looketh to receive many things for one. |
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| ἔλεγξον φίλον, πολλάκις γὰρ γίνεται διαβολή, καὶ μὴ παντὶ λόγῳ πίστευε. | He giveth little, and upbraideth much; he openeth his mouth like a crier; to-day he lendeth, and to-morrow will he ask it again: such an one is to be hated of God and man. |
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| ἔστιν ὀλισθαίνων καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ ψυχῆς, καὶ τίς οὐχ ἡμάρτησεν ἐν τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ; | The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thank for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me. |
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| ἔλεγξον τὸν πλησίον σου πρὶν ἢ ἀπειλῆσαι, καὶ δὸς τόπον νόμῳ ῾Υψίστου. [γινόμενος ἄμηνις. | How oft, and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn! |
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| φόβος Κυρίου ἀρχὴ προσλήψεως, σοφία δὲ παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἀγάπησιν περιποιεῖ. | To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily. |
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| γνῶσις ἐντολῶν Κυρίου παιδεία ζωῆς, οἱ δὲ ποιοῦντες τὰ ἀρεστὰ αὐτῷ ἀθανασίας δένδρον καρποῦνται]. | An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise. |
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| Πᾶσα σοφία φόβος Κυρίου, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ ποίησις νόμου· [καὶ γνῶσις τῆς παντοδυναμίας αὐτοῦ. | A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool's mouth; for he will not speak it in due season. |
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| οἰκέτης λέγων τῷ δεσπότῃ· ὡς ἀρέσκει οὐ ποιήσω, ἐὰν μετὰ ταῦτα ποιήσῃ, παροργίζει τὸν τρέφοντα αὐτόν]. | There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled. |
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| καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σοφία πονηρίας ἐπιστήμη, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπου βουλὴ ἁμαρτωλῶν φρόνησις. | There is that destroyeth his own soul through bashfulness, and by accepting of persons overthroweth himself. |
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| ἔστι πονηρία καὶ αὕτη βδέλυγμα, καὶ ἔστιν ἄφρων ἐλαττούμενος σοφίᾳ. | There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing. |
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| κρείττων ἡττώμενος ἐν συνέσει ἔμφοβος ἢ περισσεύων ἐν φρονήσει καὶ παραβαίνων νόμον. | A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught. |
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| ἔστι πανουργία ἀκριβὴς καὶ αὕτη ἄδικος, καὶ ἔστι διαστρέφων χάριν τοῦ ἐκφᾶναι κρίμα. | A thief is better than a man that is accustomed to lie: but they both shall have destruction to heritage. |
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| ἔστι πονηρευόμενος συγκεκυφὼς μελανίᾳ, καὶ τὰ ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ πλήρης δόλου· | The disposition of a liar is dishonourable, and his shame is ever with him. |
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| συγκύφων πρόσωπον καὶ ἑτεροκωφῶν, ὅπου οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη, προφθάσει σε· | A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath understanding will please great men. |
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| καὶ ἐὰν ὑπὸ ἐλαττώματος ἰσχύος κωλυθῇ ἁμαρτεῖν, ἐὰν εὕρῃ καιρόν, κακοποιήσει. | He that tilleth his land shall increase his heap: and he that pleaseth great men shall get pardon for iniquity. |
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| ἀπὸ ὁράσεως ἐπιγνωσθήσεται ἀνήρ, καὶ ἀπὸ ἀπαντήσεως προσώπου ἐπιγνωσθήσεται νοήμων. | Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and stop up his mouth that he cannot reprove. |
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| στολισμὸς ἀνδρὸς καὶ γέλως ὀδόντων καὶ βήματα ἀνθρώπου ἀναγγέλλει τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ. | Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is hoarded up, what profit is in them both? |
