20:1 Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas : quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens.
20:1 Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.
20:2 Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis : qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.
20:2 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
20:3 Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus ; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis.
20:3 It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
20:4 Propter frigus piger arare noluit ; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi.
20:4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
20:5 Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri ; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.
20:5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
20:6 Multi homines misericordes vocantur ; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet ?
20:6 Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
20:7 Justus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet.
20:7 The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
20:8 Rex qui sedet in solio judicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo.
20:8 The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
20:9 Quis potest dicere : Mundum est cor meum ; purus sum a peccato ?
20:9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
20:10 Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura : utrumque abominabile est apud Deum.
20:10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
20:11 Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera ejus.
20:11 By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
20:12 Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem : Dominus fecit utrumque.
20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
20:13 Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat : aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus.
20:13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
20:14 Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor ; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur.
20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
20:15 Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.
20:15 There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
20:16 Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.
20:16 Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
20:17 Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.
20:17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
20:18 Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella.
20:18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
20:19 Ei qui revelat mysteria, et ambulat fraudulenter, et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis.
20:19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
20:20 Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris :
20:20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
20:21 hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.
20:21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
20:22 Ne dicas : Reddam malum : exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te.
20:22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee.
20:23 Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus ; statera dolosa non est bona.
20:23 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
20:24 A Domino diriguntur gressus viri : quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam ?
20:24 The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
20:25 Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare.
20:25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
20:26 Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem.
20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
20:27 Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris.
20:27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
20:28 Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem, et roboratur clementia thronus ejus.
20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
20:29 Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities.
20:29 The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
20:30 Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagæ in secretioribus ventris.
20:30 The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.