20:1 Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.
Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens.

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.
Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.

20:3 It is an honour for a man, to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis.

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.
Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi.

20:5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.

20:6 Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
Multi homines misericordes vocantur; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet?

20:7 The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
Justus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet.

20:8 The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
Rex qui sedet in solio judicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo.

20:9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
Quis potest dicere: Mundum est cor meum; purus sum a peccato?

20:10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura: utrumque abominabile est apud Deum.

20:11 By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera ejus.

20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem: Dominus fecit utrumque.

20:13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat: aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus.

20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur.

20:15 There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.

20:16 Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.

20:17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.

20:18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella.

20:19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
Ei qui revelat mysteria, et ambulat fraudulenter, et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis.

20:20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris:

20:21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.

20:22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee.
Ne dicas: Reddam malum: exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te.

20:23 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus; statera dolosa non est bona.

20:24 The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
A Domino diriguntur gressus viri: quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam?

20:25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare.

20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem.

20:27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris.

20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem, et roboratur clementia thronus ejus.

20:29 The joy of young men, is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities.

20:30 The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.
Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagæ in secretioribus ventris.