1

GRK Κέναι ἐλπίδες καὶ ψευδεῖς ἀσυνέτῳ ἀνδρὶ, καὶ ἐνύπνια ἀναπτεροῦσιν ἄφρονας.

KJV Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.

2

GRK Ὡς δρασσόμενος σκιᾶς καὶ διώκων ἄνεμον, οὕτως ὁ ἐπέχων ἐνυπνίοις.

KJV Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep,

3

GRK Τοῦτο κατὰ τούτου ὅρασις ἐνυπνίων, κατέναντι πρωσώπου ὁμοίωμα προσώπου.

KJV The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.

4

GRK Ἀπὸ ἀκαθάρτου τί καθαρισθήσεται; καὶ ἀπὸ ψευδοῦς τί ἀληθεύσει;

KJV The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.

5

GRK Μαντεῖαι καὶ οἰωνισμοὶ καὶ ἐνύπνια, μάταιά ἐστι, καὶ ὡς ὠδινούσης φαντάζεται καρδία.

KJV He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.

6

GRK Ἐὰν μὴ παρὰ ὑψίστου ἀποσταλῇ ἐν ἐπισκοπῇ, μὴ δῷς εἰς αὐτὰ τὴν καρδίαν σου.

KJV Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.

7

GRK Πολλοὺς ἐπλάνησε τὰ ἐνύπνια, καὶ ἐξέπεσον ἐλπίζοντες ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς.

KJV It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.

8

GRK Ἄνευ ψεύδους συντελεσθήσεται νόμος, καὶ σοφία στόματι πιστῷ τελείωσις.

KJV Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.

9

GRK Ἀνὴρ πεπαιδευμένος ἔγνω πολλὰ, καὶ ὁ πολύπειρος ἐκδιηγήσεται σύνεσιν.

KJV Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people.

10

GRK Ὃς οὐκ ἐπειράθη ὀλίγα οἶδεν, ὁ δὲ πεπλανημένος πληθυνεῖ πανουργίαν.

KJV Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?

11

GRK Πολλὰ ἑώρακα ἐν τῇ ἀποπλανήσει μου, καὶ πλείονα τῶν λόγων μου, σύνεσίς μου.

KJV His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.

12

GRK Πλεονάκις ἕως θανάτου ἐκινδύνευσα, καὶ διεσώθην τούτων χάριν.

KJV If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.

13

GRK Πνεῦμα φοβουμένων Κυρὶον ζήσεται, ἡ γὰρ ἐλπὶς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸν σώζοντα αὐτούς.

KJV Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.

14

GRK Ὁ φοβούμενος Κύριον οὐ μὴ εὐλαβηθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ δειλιάσῃ, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ.

KJV Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.

15

GRK Φοβουμένου τὸν Κύριον μακαρία ἡ ψυχή· τίνι ἐπέχει, καὶ τίς ἀντιστήριγμα αὐτοῦ;

KJV Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.

16

GRK Οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας αὐτὸν, ὑπερασπισμὸς δυναστείας καὶ στήριγμα ἰσχύος, σκέπη ἀπὸ καύσωνος καὶ σκέπη ἀπὸ μεσημβρίας, φυλακὴ ἀπὸ προσκόμματος καὶ βοήθεια ἀπὸ πτώματος, ἀνυψῶν ψυχὴν καὶ φωτίζων ὀφθαλμοὺς.

KJV Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour not, lest thou be hated.

17

GRK ἴασιν διδοὺς, ζωὴν καὶ εὐλογίαν.

KJV Leave off first for manners’ sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.

18

GRK Θυσιάζων ἐξ ἀδίκου, προσφορὰ μεμωκημένη, καὶ οὐκ εἰς εὐδοκίαν μωκήματα ἀνόμων.

KJV When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.

19

GRK Οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν προσφοραῖς ἀσεβῶν, οὐδὲ ἐγ πλήθει θυσιῶν ἐξιλάσκεται ἁμαρτίας.

KJV A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.

20

GRK Θύων υἱὸν ἔναντι τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ὁ προσάγων θυσίαν ἐκ χρημάτων πενήτων.

KJV Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.

21

GRK Ἄρτος ἐπιδεομένων, ζωὴ πτωχῶν, ὁ ἀποστερῶν αὐτὴν ἄνθρωπος αἱμάτων.

KJV And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.

22

GRK Φὸνεύων τὸν πλησίον ὁ ἀφαιρούμενος συμβίωσιν, καὶ ἐκχέων αἷμα ὁ ἀποστερῶν μισθὸν μισθίου.

KJV My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.

23

GRK Εἷς οἰκοδομῶν, καὶ εἷς καθαιρῶν, τί ὠφέλησαν πλεῖον ἢ κόπους;

KJV Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.

24

GRK Εἷς εὐχόμενος, καὶ εἷς καταρώμενος, τίνος φωνῆς εἰσακούσεται ὁ δεστότης;

KJV But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.

25

GRK Βαπτιζόμενος ἀπὸ νεκροῦ, καὶ πάλιν ἁπτόμενος αὐτοῦ, τί ὠφέλησε τῷ λουτρῷ αὐτοῦ;

KJV Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.

26

GRK Οὕτως ἄνθρωπος νηστεύων ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν πορευόμενος, καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ ποιῶν· τῆς προσευχῆς αὐτοῦ τίς εἰσακούσεται; καὶ τί ὠφέλησεν ἐν τῷ ταπεινωθῆναι αὐτόν;

KJV The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.

27

KJV Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.

28

KJV Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:

29

KJV But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling.

30

KJV Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.

31

KJV Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him to drink.