Statera dolosa abominatio est apud Dominum, et pondus æquum voluntas ejus.

A DECEITFUL balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.

A false balance the Lord hates; nothing but full weight will content him.

Ubi fuerit superbia, ibi erit et contumelia; ubi autem est humilitas, ibi et sapientia.

Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.

Pride is neighbour to disesteem; humility to wisdom.

Simplicitas justorum diriget eos, et supplantatio perversorum vastabit illos.

The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.

The innocence of the upright guides them safely; the treacherous by their own plots are destroyed.

Non proderunt divitiæ in die ultionis; justitia autem liberabit a morte.

Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.

When the time for reckoning comes, little shall wealth avail; right living is death’s avoiding.

Justitia simplicis diriget viam ejus, et in impietate sua corruet impius.

The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.

An honest purpose clears a man’s path; the wicked are entangled by their own scheming.

Justitia rectorum liberabit eos, et in insidiis suis capientur iniqui.

The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.

For his honesty, the upright man shall go free; not so the wrong-doer, caught in the meshes of his own net.

Mortuo homine impio, nulla erit ultra spes, et exspectatio sollicitorum peribit.

When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish.

No hope follows the godless to the grave; nothing left, now, of all their anxious longing.

Justus de angustia liberatus est, et tradetur impius pro eo.

The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.

Honesty shall yet go free, and a knave be heir to its troubles.

Simulator ore decipit amicum suum; justi autem liberabuntur scientia.

The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge.

False speech the hypocrite will use to ruin his neighbour; true knowledge is the saving of the just.

In bonis justorum exsultabit civitas, et in perditione impiorum erit laudatio.

When it goeth well with the just the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish there shall be praise.

Thrive honest men, come ruin on knaves, there is huzza’ing all through the city;

Benedictione justorum exaltabitur civitas, et ore impiorum subvertetur.

By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.

how should a city stand or fall, but by good words from the one, ill counsel from the other?

Qui despicit amicum suum indigens corde est; vir autem prudens tacebit.

He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace.

He mocks loud, who lacks wit; discernment holds her tongue.

Qui ambulat fraudulenter, revelat arcana; qui autem fidelis est animi, celat amici commissum.

He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend.

Who bears ill tales, keeps no secrets; trust none with thy confidence but a loyal friend.

Ubi non est gubernator, populus corruet; salus autem, ubi multa consilia.

Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Ill fares the people, that guidance has none; safety reigns where counsel abounds.

Affligetur malo qui fidem facit pro extraneo; qui autem cavet laqueos securus erit.

He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of the snares, shall be secure.

He who goes bail for a stranger has great harm of it; that snare avoid, and sleep sound.

Mulier gratiosa inveniet gloriam, et robusti habebunt divitias.

A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches.

Gracious ways may win a woman renown; man never grew rich but by hardiness.

Benefacit animæ suæ vir misericors; qui autem crudelis est, etiam propinquos abjicit.

A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel casteth off even his own kindred.

A kindly man is the friend of his own well-being; cruelty will not spare its own flesh and blood.

Impius facit opus instabile, seminanti autem justitiam merces fidelis.

The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward.

Precarious livelihood the godless man wins; wouldst thou be sure of thy revenue, let honest doings be thy crop;

Clementia præparat vitam, et sectatio malorum mortem.

Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.

mercy breeds life, evil ambitions death.

Abominabile Domino cor pravum, et voluntas ejus in iis qui simpliciter ambulant.

A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.

A false heart the Lord cannot endure; nothing but honest dealing will content him.

Manus in manu non erit innocens malus; semen autem justorum salvabitur.

Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.

Depend upon it, the sinner shall never be held guiltless; the race of the just shall find acquittal.

Circulus aureus in naribus suis, mulier pulchra et fatua.

A golden ring in a swine’s snout, a woman fair and foolish.

A woman fair and fond, a sow ringed with gold.

Desiderium justorum omne bonum est; præstolatio impiorum furor.

The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation.

In the desires of the just only good dwells; the hopes of the wicked only lead to ruin.

Alii dividunt propria, et ditiores fiunt; alii rapiunt non sua, et semper in egestate sunt.

Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.

One spends what he has, and yet has more to spare; another sets his heart on what is none of his, and is a poor man still;

Anima quæ benedicit impinguabitur, et qui inebriat, ipse quoque inebriabitur.

The soul which blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.

give and thou shalt thrive; he shall have abundance, that bestows abundantly.

Qui abscondit frumenta maledicetur in populis; benedictio autem super caput vendentium.

He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell.

Corn hoarded shall win thee a curse, corn sold freely a blessing, from the lips of a whole people.

Bene consurgit diluculo qui quærit bona; qui autem investigator malorum est, opprimetur ab eis.

Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things shall be oppressed by them.

Plan thou good, thou canst not be afoot too early; plan thou evil, on thy own head it shall recoil.

Qui confidit in divitiis suis corruet: justi autem quasi virens folium germinabunt.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall spring up as a green leaf.

Fall he must, that relies on riches; never shall the just fade or fail.

Qui conturbat domum suam possidebit ventos, et qui stultus est serviet sapienti.

He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.

He shall feed on air, that misrules his own household; the fool will be slave and the wise man master in the end.

Fructus justi lignum vitæ, et qui suscipit animas sapiens est.

The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls, is wise.

Where right living bears its fruit, a tree of life grows up; the wise man’s reward is living souls.

Si justus in terra recipit, quanto magis impius et peccator!

If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.

Even honest men cannot go through the world unpunished; what, then, of the godless, what, then, of the sinner?