Proverbs


Chapter 1
¹paroimiai salwmwntos uiou dauid os ebasileusen en israhl²gnwnai sofian kai paideian nohsai te logous fronhsews³dexasqai te strofas logwn nohsai te dikaiosunhn alhqh kai krima kateuqunein⁴ina dw akakois panourgian paidi de new aisqhsin te kai ennoian⁵twnde gar akousas sofos sofwteros estai o de nohmwn kubernhsin kthsetai⁶nohsei te parabolhn kai skoteinon logon rhseis te sofwn kai ainigmata⁷arch sofias fobos qeou sunesis de agaqh pasi tois poiousin authn eusebeia de eis qeon arch aisqhsews sofian de kai paideian asebeis exouqenhsousin⁸akoue uie paideian patros sou kai mh apwsh qesmous mhtros sou⁹stefanon gar caritwn dexh sh korufh kai kloion cruseon peri sw trachlw¹⁰uie mh se planhswsin andres asebeis mhde boulhqhs ean parakaleswsi se legontes¹¹elqe meq� hmwn koinwnhson aimatos kruywmen de eis ghn andra dikaion adikws¹²katapiwmen de auton wsper adhs zwnta kai arwmen autou thn mnhmhn ek ghs¹³thn kthsin autou thn polutelh katalabwmeqa plhswmen de oikous hmeterous skulwn¹⁴ton de son klhron bale en hmin koinon de ballantion kthswmeqa pantes kai marsippion en genhqhtw hmin¹⁵mh poreuqhs en odw met� autwn ekklinon de ton poda sou ek twn tribwn autwn¹⁶oi gar podes autwn eis kakian trecousin kai tacinoi tou ekceai aima¹⁷ou gar adikws ekteinetai diktua pterwtois¹⁸autoi gar oi fonou metecontes qhsaurizousin eautois kaka h de katastrofh andrwn paranomwn kakh¹⁹autai ai odoi eisin pantwn twn suntelountwn ta anoma th gar asebeia thn eautwn yuchn afairountai²⁰sofia en exodois umneitai en de plateiais parrhsian agei²¹ep� akrwn de teicewn khrussetai epi de pulais dunastwn paredreuei epi de pulais polews qarrousa legei²²oson an cronon akakoi ecwntai ths dikaiosunhs ouk aiscunqhsontai oi de afrones ths ubrews ontes epiqumhtai asebeis genomenoi emishsan aisqhsin²³kai upeuqunoi egenonto elegcois idou prohsomai umin emhs pnohs rhsin didaxw de umas ton emon logon²⁴epeidh ekaloun kai ouc uphkousate kai exeteinon logous kai ou proseicete²⁵alla akurous epoieite emas boulas tois de emois elegcois hpeiqhsate²⁶toigaroun kagw th umetera apwleia epigelasomai katacaroumai de hnika an erchtai umin oleqros²⁷kai ws an afikhtai umin afnw qorubos h de katastrofh omoiws kataigidi parh kai otan erchtai umin qliyis kai poliorkia h otan erchtai umin oleqros²⁸estai gar otan epikaleshsqe me egw de ouk eisakousomai umwn zhthsousin me kakoi kai ouc eurhsousin²⁹emishsan gar sofian ton de fobon tou kuriou ou proeilanto³⁰oude hqelon emais prosecein boulais emukthrizon de emous elegcous³¹toigaroun edontai ths eautwn odou tous karpous kai ths eautwn asebeias plhsqhsontai³²anq� wn gar hdikoun nhpious foneuqhsontai kai exetasmos asebeis olei³³o de emou akouwn kataskhnwsei ep� elpidi kai hsucasei afobws apo pantos kakou

Chapter 2
¹uie ean dexamenos rhsin emhs entolhs kruyhs para seautw²upakousetai sofias to ous sou kai parabaleis kardian sou eis sunesin parabaleis de authn epi nouqethsin tw uiw sou³ean gar thn sofian epikalesh kai th sunesei dws fwnhn sou thn de aisqhsin zhthshs megalh th fwnh⁴kai ean zhthshs authn ws argurion kai ws qhsaurous exereunhshs authn⁵tote sunhseis fobon kuriou kai epignwsin qeou eurhseis⁶oti kurios didwsin sofian kai apo proswpou autou gnwsis kai sunesis⁷kai qhsaurizei tois katorqousi swthrian uperaspiei thn poreian autwn⁸tou fulaxai odous dikaiwmatwn kai odon eulaboumenwn auton diafulaxei⁹tote sunhseis dikaiosunhn kai krima kai katorqwseis pantas axonas agaqous¹⁰ean gar elqh h sofia eis shn dianoian h de aisqhsis th sh yuch kalh einai doxh¹¹boulh kalh fulaxei se ennoia de osia thrhsei se¹²ina rushtai se apo odou kakhs kai apo andros lalountos mhden piston¹³w oi egkataleipontes odous euqeias tou poreuesqai en odois skotous¹⁴oi eufrainomenoi epi kakois kai cairontes epi diastrofh kakh¹⁵wn ai triboi skoliai kai kampulai ai trociai autwn¹⁶tou makran se poihsai apo odou euqeias kai allotrion ths dikaias gnwmhs¹⁷uie mh se katalabh kakh boulh h apoleipousa didaskalian neothtos kai diaqhkhn qeian epilelhsmenh¹⁸eqeto gar para tw qanatw ton oikon auths kai para tw adh meta twn ghgenwn tous axonas auths¹⁹pantes oi poreuomenoi en auth ouk anastreyousin oude mh katalabwsin tribous euqeias ou gar katalambanontai upo eniautwn zwhs²⁰ei gar eporeuonto tribous agaqas eurosan an tribous dikaiosunhs leious²¹crhstoi esontai oikhtores ghs akakoi de upoleifqhsontai en auth oti euqeis kataskhnwsousi ghn kai osioi upoleifqhsontai en auth²²odoi asebwn ek ghs olountai oi de paranomoi exwsqhsontai ap� auths

Chapter 3
¹uie emwn nomimwn mh epilanqanou ta de rhmata mou threitw sh kardia²mhkos gar biou kai eth zwhs kai eirhnhn prosqhsousin soi³elehmosunai kai pisteis mh eklipetwsan se afayai de autas epi sw trachlw kai eurhseis carin⁴kai pronoou kala enwpion kuriou kai anqrwpwn⁵isqi pepoiqws en olh kardia epi qew epi de sh sofia mh epairou⁶en pasais odois sou gnwrize authn ina orqotomh tas odous sou o de pous sou ou mh proskopth⁷mh isqi fronimos para seautw fobou de ton qeon kai ekkline apo pantos kakou⁸tote iasis estai tw swmati sou kai epimeleia tois osteois sou⁹tima ton kurion apo swn dikaiwn ponwn kai aparcou autw apo swn karpwn dikaiosunhs¹⁰ina pimplhtai ta tamieia sou plhsmonhs sitou oinw de ai lhnoi sou ekbluzwsin¹¹uie mh oligwrei paideias kuriou mhde ekluou up� autou elegcomenos¹²on gar agapa kurios paideuei mastigoi de panta uion on paradecetai¹³makarios anqrwpos os euren sofian kai qnhtos os eiden fronhsin¹⁴kreitton gar authn emporeuesqai h crusiou kai arguriou qhsaurous¹⁵timiwtera de estin liqwn polutelwn ouk antitaxetai auth ouden ponhron eugnwstos estin pasin tois eggizousin auth pan de timion ouk axion auths estin¹⁶mhkos gar biou kai eth zwhs en th dexia auths en de th aristera auths ploutos kai doxa¹⁶ek tou stomatos auths ekporeuetai dikaiosunh nomon de kai eleon epi glwsshs forei¹⁷ai odoi auths odoi kalai kai pantes oi triboi auths en eirhnh¹⁸xulon zwhs esti pasi tois antecomenois auths kai tois epereidomenois ep� authn ws epi kurion asfalhs¹⁹o qeos th sofia eqemeliwsen thn ghn htoimasen de ouranous en fronhsei²⁰en aisqhsei abussoi erraghsan nefh de erruhsan drosous²¹uie mh pararruhs thrhson de emhn boulhn kai ennoian²²ina zhsh h yuch sou kai caris h peri sw trachlw²²estai de iasis tais sarxi sou kai epimeleia tois sois osteois²³ina poreuh pepoiqws en eirhnh pasas tas odous sou o de pous sou ou mh proskoyh²⁴ean gar kaqh afobos esh ean de kaqeudhs hdews upnwseis²⁵kai ou fobhqhsh ptohsin epelqousan oude ormas asebwn epercomenas²⁶o gar kurios estai epi paswn odwn sou kai ereisei son poda ina mh saleuqhs²⁷mh aposch eu poiein endeh hnika an ech h ceir sou bohqein²⁸mh eiphs epanelqwn epanhke kai aurion dwsw dunatou sou ontos eu poiein ou gar oidas ti texetai h epiousa²⁹mh tekthnh epi son filon kaka paroikounta kai pepoiqota epi soi³⁰mh filecqrhshs pros anqrwpon mathn mh ti eis se ergashtai kakon³¹mh kthsh kakwn andrwn oneidh mhde zhlwshs tas odous autwn³²akaqartos gar enanti kuriou pas paranomos en de dikaiois ou sunedriazei³³katara qeou en oikois asebwn epauleis de dikaiwn eulogountai³⁴kurios uperhfanois antitassetai tapeinois de didwsin carin³⁵doxan sofoi klhronomhsousin oi de asebeis uywsan atimian

Chapter 4
¹akousate paides paideian patros kai prosecete gnwnai ennoian²dwron gar agaqon dwroumai umin ton emon nomon mh egkataliphte³uios gar egenomhn kagw patri uphkoos kai agapwmenos en proswpw mhtros⁴oi elegon kai edidaskon me ereidetw o hmeteros logos eis shn kardian⁵fulasse entolas mh epilaqh mhde paridhs rhsin emou stomatos⁶mhde egkataliphs authn kai anqexetai sou erasqhti auths kai thrhsei se⁸pericarakwson authn kai uywsei se timhson authn ina se perilabh⁹ina dw th sh kefalh stefanon caritwn stefanw de trufhs uperaspish sou¹⁰akoue uie kai dexai emous logous kai plhqunqhsetai eth zwhs sou ina soi genwntai pollai odoi biou¹¹odous gar sofias didaskw se embibazw de se trociais orqais¹²ean gar poreuh ou sugkleisqhsetai sou ta diabhmata ean de trechs ou kopiaseis¹³epilabou emhs paideias mh afhs alla fulaxon authn seautw eis zwhn sou¹⁴odous asebwn mh epelqhs mhde zhlwshs odous paranomwn¹⁵en w an topw stratopedeuswsin mh epelqhs ekei ekklinon de ap� autwn kai parallaxon¹⁶ou gar mh upnwswsin ean mh kakopoihswsin afhrhtai o upnos autwn kai ou koimwntai¹⁷oide gar sitountai sita asebeias oinw de paranomw mequskontai¹⁸ai de odoi twn dikaiwn omoiws fwti lampousin proporeuontai kai fwtizousin ews katorqwsh h hmera¹⁹ai de odoi twn asebwn skoteinai ouk oidasin pws proskoptousin²⁰uie emh rhsei prosece tois de emois logois parabale son ous²¹opws mh eklipwsin se ai phgai sou fulasse autas en sh kardia²²zwh gar estin tois euriskousin autas kai pash sarki iasis²³pash fulakh threi shn kardian ek gar toutwn exodoi zwhs²⁴periele seautou skolion stoma kai adika ceilh makran apo sou apwsai²⁵oi ofqalmoi sou orqa blepetwsan ta de blefara sou neuetw dikaia²⁶orqas trocias poiei sois posin kai tas odous sou kateuqune²⁷mh ekklinhs eis ta dexia mhde eis ta aristera apostreyon de son poda apo odou kakhs²⁷odous gar tas ek dexiwn oiden o qeos diestrammenai de eisin ai ex aristerwn²⁷autos de orqas poihsei tas trocias sou tas de poreias sou en eirhnh proaxei

Chapter 5
¹uie emh sofia prosece emois de logois paraballe son ous²ina fulaxhs ennoian agaqhn aisqhsin de emwn ceilewn entellomai soi³mh prosece faulh gunaiki meli gar apostazei apo ceilewn gunaikos pornhs h pros kairon lipainei son farugga⁴usteron mentoi pikroteron colhs eurhseis kai hkonhmenon mallon macairas distomou⁵ths gar afrosunhs oi podes katagousin tous crwmenous auth meta qanatou eis ton adhn ta de icnh auths ouk ereidetai⁶odous gar zwhs ouk epercetai sfalerai de ai trociai auths kai ouk eugnwstoi⁷nun oun uie akoue mou kai mh akurous poihshs emous logous⁸makran poihson ap� auths shn odon mh eggishs pros qurais oikwn auths⁹ina mh proh allois zwhn sou kai son bion anelehmosin¹⁰ina mh plhsqwsin allotrioi shs iscuos oi de soi ponoi eis oikous allotriwn eiselqwsin¹¹kai metamelhqhsh ep� escatwn hnika an katatribwsin sarkes swmatos sou¹²kai ereis pws emishsa paideian kai elegcous exeklinen h kardia mou¹³ouk hkouon fwnhn paideuontos me kai didaskontos me oude pareballon to ous mou¹⁴par� oligon egenomhn en panti kakw en mesw ekklhsias kai sunagwghs¹⁵pine udata apo swn aggeiwn kai apo swn freatwn phghs¹⁶mh uperekceisqw soi ta udata ek ths shs phghs eis de sas plateias diaporeuesqw ta sa udata¹⁷estw soi monw uparconta kai mhdeis allotrios metascetw soi¹⁸h phgh sou tou udatos estw soi idia kai suneufrainou meta gunaikos ths ek neothtos sou¹⁹elafos filias kai pwlos swn caritwn omileitw soi h de idia hgeisqw sou kai sunestw soi en panti kairw en gar th tauths filia sumperiferomenos pollostos esh²⁰mh polus isqi pros allotrian mhde sunecou agkalais ths mh idias²¹enwpion gar eisin twn tou qeou ofqalmwn odoi andros eis de pasas tas trocias autou skopeuei²²paranomiai andra agreuousin seirais de twn eautou amartiwn ekastos sfiggetai²³outos teleuta meta apaideutwn ek de plhqous ths eautou biothtos exerrifh kai apwleto di� afrosunhn

Chapter 6
¹uie ean egguhsh son filon paradwseis shn ceira ecqrw²pagis gar iscura andri ta idia ceilh kai alisketai ceilesin idiou stomatos³poiei uie a egw soi entellomai kai swzou hkeis gar eis ceiras kakwn dia son filon iqi mh ekluomenos paroxune de kai ton filon sou on eneguhsw⁴mh dws upnon sois ommasin mhde epinustaxhs sois blefarois⁵ina swzh wsper dorkas ek brocwn kai wsper orneon ek pagidos⁶iqi pros ton murmhka w oknhre kai zhlwson idwn tas odous autou kai genou ekeinou sofwteros⁷ekeinw gar gewrgiou mh uparcontos mhde ton anagkazonta ecwn mhde upo despothn wn⁸etoimazetai qerous thn trofhn pollhn te en tw amhtw poieitai thn paraqesin⁸h poreuqhti pros thn melissan kai maqe ws ergatis estin thn te ergasian ws semnhn poieitai⁸hs tous ponous basileis kai idiwtai pros ugieian prosferontai poqeinh de estin pasin kai epidoxos⁸kaiper ousa th rwmh asqenhs thn sofian timhsasa prohcqh⁹ews tinos oknhre katakeisai pote de ex upnou egerqhsh¹⁰oligon men upnois oligon de kaqhsai mikron de nustazeis oligon de enagkalizh cersin sthqh¹¹eit� emparaginetai soi wsper kakos odoiporos h penia kai h endeia wsper agaqos dromeus¹¹ean de aoknos hs hxei wsper phgh o amhtos sou h de endeia wsper kakos dromeus apautomolhsei¹²anhr afrwn kai paranomos poreuetai odous ouk agaqas¹³o d� autos enneuei ofqalmw shmainei de podi didaskei de enneumasin daktulwn¹⁴diestrammenh de kardia tektainetai kaka en panti kairw o toioutos taracas sunisthsin polei¹⁵dia touto exapinhs ercetai h apwleia autou diakoph kai suntribh aniatos¹⁶oti cairei pasin ois misei o kurios suntribetai de di� akaqarsian yuchs¹⁷ofqalmos ubristou glwssa adikos ceires ekceousai aima dikaiou¹⁸kai kardia tektainomenh logismous kakous kai podes epispeudontes kakopoiein¹⁹ekkaiei yeudh martus adikos kai epipempei kriseis ana meson adelfwn²⁰uie fulasse nomous patros sou kai mh apwsh qesmous mhtros sou²¹afayai de autous epi sh yuch dia pantos kai egkloiwsai epi sw trachlw²²hnika an peripaths epagou authn kai meta sou estw ws d� an kaqeudhs fulassetw se ina egeiromenw sullalh soi²³oti lucnos entolh nomou kai fws kai odos zwhs elegcos kai paideia²⁴tou diafulassein se apo gunaikos upandrou kai apo diabolhs glwsshs allotrias²⁵mh se nikhsh kallous epiqumia mhde agreuqhs sois ofqalmois mhde sunarpasqhs apo twn auths blefarwn²⁶timh gar pornhs osh kai enos artou gunh de andrwn timias yucas agreuei²⁷apodhsei tis pur en kolpw ta de imatia ou katakausei²⁸h peripathsei tis ep� anqrakwn puros tous de podas ou katakausei²⁹outws o eiselqwn pros gunaika upandron ouk aqwwqhsetai oude pas o aptomenos auths³⁰ou qaumaston ean alw tis kleptwn kleptei gar ina emplhsh thn yuchn peinwn³¹ean de alw apoteisei eptaplasia kai panta ta uparconta autou dous rusetai eauton³²o de moicos di� endeian frenwn apwleian th yuch autou peripoieitai³³odunas te kai atimias upoferei to de oneidos autou ouk exaleifqhsetai eis ton aiwna³⁴mestos gar zhlou qumos andros auths ou feisetai en hmera krisews³⁵ouk antallaxetai oudenos lutrou thn ecqran oude mh dialuqh pollwn dwrwn

Chapter 7
¹uie fulasse emous logous tas de emas entolas kruyon para seautw¹uie tima ton kurion kai iscuseis plhn de autou mh fobou allon²fulaxon emas entolas kai biwseis tous de emous logous wsper koras ommatwn³periqou de autous sois daktulois epigrayon de epi to platos ths kardias sou⁴eipon thn sofian shn adelfhn einai thn de fronhsin gnwrimon peripoihsai seautw⁵ina se thrhsh apo gunaikos allotrias kai ponhras ean se logois tois pros carin embalhtai⁶apo gar quridos ek tou oikou auths eis tas plateias parakuptousa⁷on an idh twn afronwn teknwn neanian endeh frenwn⁸paraporeuomenon para gwnian en diodois oikwn auths⁹kai lalounta en skotei esperinw hnika an hsucia nukterinh h kai gnofwdhs¹⁰h de gunh sunanta autw eidos ecousa pornikon h poiei newn exiptasqai kardias¹¹anepterwmenh de estin kai aswtos en oikw de ouc hsucazousin oi podes auths¹²cronon gar tina exw rembetai cronon de en plateiais para pasan gwnian enedreuei¹³eita epilabomenh efilhsen auton anaidei de proswpw proseipen autw¹⁴qusia eirhnikh moi estin shmeron apodidwmi tas eucas mou¹⁵eneka toutou exhlqon eis sunanthsin soi poqousa to son proswpon eurhka se¹⁶keiriais tetaka thn klinhn mou amfitapois de estrwka tois ap� aiguptou¹⁷dierragka thn koithn mou krokw ton de oikon mou kinnamwmw¹⁸elqe kai apolauswmen filias ews orqrou deuro kai egkulisqwmen erwti¹⁹ou gar parestin o anhr mou en oikw peporeutai de odon makran²⁰endesmon arguriou labwn en ceiri autou di� hmerwn pollwn epanhxei eis ton oikon autou²¹apeplanhsen de auton pollh omilia brocois te tois apo ceilewn exwkeilen auton²²o de ephkolouqhsen auth kepfwqeis wsper de bous epi sfaghn agetai kai wsper kuwn epi desmous²³h ws elafos toxeumati peplhgws eis to hpar speudei de wsper orneon eis pagida ouk eidws oti peri yuchs trecei²⁴nun oun uie akoue mou kai prosece rhmasin stomatos mou²⁵mh ekklinatw eis tas odous auths h kardia sou²⁶pollous gar trwsasa katabeblhken kai anariqmhtoi eisin ous pefoneuken²⁷odoi adou o oikos auths katagousai eis ta tamieia tou qanatou

Chapter 8
¹su thn sofian khruxeis ina fronhsis soi upakoush²epi gar twn uyhlwn akrwn estin ana meson de twn tribwn esthken³para gar pulais dunastwn paredreuei en de eisodois umneitai⁴umas w anqrwpoi parakalw kai proi+emai emhn fwnhn uiois anqrwpwn⁵nohsate akakoi panourgian oi de apaideutoi enqesqe kardian⁶eisakousate mou semna gar erw kai anoisw apo ceilewn orqa⁷oti alhqeian melethsei o farugx mou ebdelugmena de enantion emou ceilh yeudh⁸meta dikaiosunhs panta ta rhmata tou stomatos mou ouden en autois skolion oude straggalwdes⁹panta enwpia tois suniousin kai orqa tois euriskousi gnwsin¹⁰labete paideian kai mh argurion kai gnwsin uper crusion dedokimasmenon anqaireisqe de aisqhsin crusiou kaqarou¹¹kreisswn gar sofia liqwn polutelwn pan de timion ouk axion auths estin¹²egw h sofia kateskhnwsa boulhn kai gnwsin kai ennoian egw epekalesamhn¹³fobos kuriou misei adikian ubrin te kai uperhfanian kai odous ponhrwn memishka de egw diestrammenas odous kakwn¹⁴emh boulh kai asfaleia emh fronhsis emh de iscus¹⁵di� emou basileis basileuousin kai oi dunastai grafousin dikaiosunhn¹⁶di� emou megistanes megalunontai kai turannoi di� emou kratousi ghs¹⁷egw tous eme filountas agapw oi de eme zhtountes eurhsousin¹⁸ploutos kai doxa emoi uparcei kai kthsis pollwn kai dikaiosunh¹⁹beltion eme karpizesqai uper crusion kai liqon timion ta de ema genhmata kreissw arguriou eklektou²⁰en odois dikaiosunhs peripatw kai ana meson tribwn dikaiwmatos anastrefomai²¹ina merisw tois eme agapwsin uparxin kai tous qhsaurous autwn emplhsw agaqwn²¹ean anaggeilw umin ta kaq� hmeran ginomena mnhmoneusw ta ex aiwnos ariqmhsai²²kurios ektisen me archn odwn autou eis erga autou²³pro tou aiwnos eqemeliwsen me en arch²⁴pro tou thn ghn poihsai kai pro tou tas abussous poihsai pro tou proelqein tas phgas twn udatwn²⁵pro tou orh edrasqhnai pro de pantwn bounwn genna me²⁶kurios epoihsen cwras kai aoikhtous kai akra oikoumena ths up� ouranon²⁷hnika htoimazen ton ouranon sumparhmhn autw kai ote afwrizen ton eautou qronon ep� anemwn²⁸hnika iscura epoiei ta anw nefh kai ws asfaleis etiqei phgas ths up� ouranon²⁹kai iscura epoiei ta qemelia ths ghs³⁰hmhn par� autw armozousa egw hmhn h prosecairen kaq� hmeran de eufrainomhn en proswpw autou en panti kairw³¹ote eufraineto thn oikoumenhn suntelesas kai eneufraineto en uiois anqrwpwn³²nun oun uie akoue mou³⁴makarios anhr os eisakousetai mou kai anqrwpos os tas emas odous fulaxei agrupnwn ep� emais qurais kaq� hmeran thrwn staqmous emwn eisodwn³⁵ai gar exodoi mou exodoi zwhs kai etoimazetai qelhsis para kuriou³⁶oi de eis eme amartanontes asebousin tas eautwn yucas kai oi misountes me agapwsin qanaton

Chapter 9
¹h sofia wkodomhsen eauth oikon kai uphreisen stulous epta²esfaxen ta eauths qumata ekerasen eis krathra ton eauths oinon kai htoimasato thn eauths trapezan³apesteilen tous eauths doulous sugkalousa meta uyhlou khrugmatos epi krathra legousa⁴os estin afrwn ekklinatw pros me kai tois endeesi frenwn eipen⁵elqate fagete twn emwn artwn kai piete oinon on ekerasa umin⁶apoleipete afrosunhn kai zhsesqe kai zhthsate fronhsin ina biwshte kai katorqwsate en gnwsei sunesin⁷o paideuwn kakous lhmyetai eautw atimian elegcwn de ton asebh mwmhsetai eauton⁸mh elegce kakous ina mh miswsin se elegce sofon kai agaphsei se⁹didou sofw aformhn kai sofwteros estai gnwrize dikaiw kai prosqhsei tou decesqai¹⁰arch sofias fobos kuriou kai boulh agiwn sunesis¹⁰to gar gnwnai nomon dianoias estin agaqhs¹¹toutw gar tw tropw polun zhseis cronon kai prosteqhsetai soi eth zwhs sou¹²uie ean sofos genh seautw sofos esh kai tois plhsion ean de kakos apobhs monos anantlhseis kaka¹²os ereidetai epi yeudesin outos poimanei anemous o d� autos diwxetai ornea petomena¹²apelipen gar odous tou eautou ampelwnos tous de axonas tou idiou gewrgiou peplanhtai¹²diaporeuetai de di� anudrou erhmou kai ghn diatetagmenhn en diywdesin sunagei de cersin akarpian¹³gunh afrwn kai qraseia endehs ywmou ginetai h ouk epistatai aiscunhn¹⁴ekaqisen epi qurais tou eauths oikou epi difrou emfanws en plateiais¹⁵proskaloumenh tous pariontas kai kateuqunontas en tais odois autwn¹⁶os estin umwn afronestatos ekklinatw pros me endeesi de fronhsews parakeleuomai legousa¹⁷artwn krufiwn hdews ayasqe kai udatos klophs glukerou¹⁸o de ouk oiden oti ghgeneis par� auth olluntai kai epi peteuron adou sunanta¹⁸alla apophdhson mh egcronishs en tw topw mhde episthshs to son omma pros authn¹⁸outws gar diabhsh udwr allotrion kai uperbhsh potamon allotrion¹⁸apo de udatos allotriou aposcou kai apo phghs allotrias mh pihs¹⁸ina polun zhshs cronon prosteqh de soi eth zwhs

Chapter 10
¹uios sofos eufrainei patera uios de afrwn luph th mhtri²ouk wfelhsousin qhsauroi anomous dikaiosunh de rusetai ek qanatou³ou limoktonhsei kurios yuchn dikaian zwhn de asebwn anatreyei⁴penia andra tapeinoi ceires de andreiwn ploutizousin⁴uios pepaideumenos sofos estai tw de afroni diakonw crhsetai⁵dieswqh apo kaumatos uios nohmwn anemofqoros de ginetai en amhtw uios paranomos⁶eulogia kuriou epi kefalhn dikaiou stoma de asebwn kaluyei penqos awron⁷mnhmh dikaiwn met� egkwmiwn onoma de asebous sbennutai⁸sofos kardia dexetai entolas o de astegos ceilesin skoliazwn uposkelisqhsetai⁹os poreuetai aplws poreuetai pepoiqws o de diastrefwn tas odous autou gnwsqhsetai¹⁰o enneuwn ofqalmois meta dolou sunagei andrasi lupas o de elegcwn meta parrhsias eirhnopoiei¹¹phgh zwhs en ceiri dikaiou stoma de asebous kaluyei apwleia¹²misos egeirei neikos pantas de tous mh filoneikountas kaluptei filia¹³os ek ceilewn proferei sofian rabdw tuptei andra akardion¹⁴sofoi kruyousin aisqhsin stoma de propetous eggizei suntribh¹⁵kthsis plousiwn polis ocura suntribh de asebwn penia¹⁶erga dikaiwn zwhn poiei karpoi de asebwn amartias¹⁷odous dikaias zwhs fulassei paideia paideia de anexelegktos planatai¹⁸kaluptousin ecqran ceilh dikaia oi de ekferontes loidorias afronestatoi eisin¹⁹ek polulogias ouk ekfeuxh amartian feidomenos de ceilewn nohmwn esh²⁰arguros pepurwmenos glwssa dikaiou kardia de asebous ekleiyei²¹ceilh dikaiwn epistatai uyhla oi de afrones en endeia teleutwsin²²eulogia kuriou epi kefalhn dikaiou auth ploutizei kai ou mh prosteqh auth luph en kardia²³en gelwti afrwn prassei kaka h de sofia andri tiktei fronhsin²⁴en apwleia asebhs periferetai epiqumia de dikaiou dekth²⁵paraporeuomenhs kataigidos afanizetai asebhs dikaios de ekklinas swzetai eis ton aiwna²⁶wsper omfax odousi blaberon kai kapnos ommasin outws paranomia tois crwmenois authn²⁷fobos kuriou prostiqhsin hmeras eth de asebwn oligwqhsetai²⁸egcronizei dikaiois eufrosunh elpis de asebwn ollutai²⁹ocurwma osiou fobos kuriou suntribh de tois ergazomenois kaka³⁰dikaios ton aiwna ouk endwsei asebeis de ouk oikhsousin ghn³¹stoma dikaiou apostazei sofian glwssa de adikou exoleitai³²ceilh andrwn dikaiwn apostazei caritas stoma de asebwn apostrefetai

Chapter 11
¹zugoi dolioi bdelugma enwpion kuriou staqmion de dikaion dekton autw²ou ean eiselqh ubris ekei kai atimia stoma de tapeinwn meleta sofian³apoqanwn dikaios elipen metamelon proceiros de ginetai kai epicartos asebwn apwleia⁵dikaiosunh amwmous orqotomei odous asebeia de peripiptei adikia⁶dikaiosunh andrwn orqwn ruetai autous th de apwleia autwn aliskontai paranomoi⁷teleuthsantos andros dikaiou ouk ollutai elpis to de kauchma twn asebwn ollutai⁸dikaios ek qhras ekdunei ant� autou de paradidotai o asebhs⁹en stomati asebwn pagis politais aisqhsis de dikaiwn euodos¹⁰en agaqois dikaiwn katwrqwsen polis¹¹stomasin de asebwn kateskafh¹²mukthrizei politas endehs frenwn anhr de fronimos hsucian agei¹³anhr diglwssos apokaluptei boulas en sunedriw pistos de pnoh kruptei pragmata¹⁴ois mh uparcei kubernhsis piptousin wsper fulla swthria de uparcei en pollh boulh¹⁵ponhros kakopoiei otan summeixh dikaiw misei de hcon asfaleias¹⁶gunh eucaristos egeirei andri doxan qronos de atimias gunh misousa dikaia ploutou oknhroi endeeis ginontai oi de andreioi ereidontai ploutw¹⁷th yuch autou agaqon poiei anhr elehmwn exolluei de autou swma o anelehmwn¹⁸asebhs poiei erga adika sperma de dikaiwn misqos alhqeias¹⁹uios dikaios gennatai eis zwhn diwgmos de asebous eis qanaton²⁰bdelugma kuriw diestrammenai odoi prosdektoi de autw pantes amwmoi en tais odois autwn²¹ceiri ceiras embalwn adikws ouk atimwrhtos estai o de speirwn dikaiosunhn lhmyetai misqon piston²²wsper enwtion en rini uos outws gunaiki kakofroni kallos²³epiqumia dikaiwn pasa agaqh elpis de asebwn apoleitai²⁴eisin oi ta idia speirontes pleiona poiousin eisin kai oi sunagontes elattonountai²⁵yuch eulogoumenh pasa aplh anhr de qumwdhs ouk euschmwn²⁶o sunecwn siton upolipoito auton tois eqnesin eulogia de eis kefalhn tou metadidontos²⁷tektainomenos agaqa zhtei carin agaqhn ekzhtounta de kaka katalhmyetai auton²⁸o pepoiqws epi ploutw outos peseitai o de antilambanomenos dikaiwn outos anatelei²⁹o mh sumperiferomenos tw eautou oikw klhronomhsei anemon douleusei de afrwn fronimw³⁰ek karpou dikaiosunhs fuetai dendron zwhs afairountai de awroi yucai paranomwn³¹ei o men dikaios molis swzetai o asebhs kai amartwlos pou faneitai

Chapter 12
¹o agapwn paideian agapa aisqhsin o de miswn elegcous afrwn²kreisswn o eurwn carin para kuriw anhr de paranomos parasiwphqhsetai³ou katorqwsei anqrwpos ex anomou ai de rizai twn dikaiwn ouk exarqhsontai⁴gunh andreia stefanos tw andri auths wsper de en xulw skwlhx outws andra apollusin gunh kakopoios⁵logismoi dikaiwn krimata kubernwsin de asebeis dolous⁶logoi asebwn dolioi stoma de orqwn rusetai autous⁷ou ean strafh asebhs afanizetai oikoi de dikaiwn paramenousin⁸stoma sunetou egkwmiazetai upo andros nwqrokardios de mukthrizetai⁹kreisswn anhr en atimia douleuwn eautw h timhn eautw peritiqeis kai prosdeomenos artou¹⁰dikaios oiktirei yucas kthnwn autou ta de splagcna twn asebwn anelehmona¹¹o ergazomenos thn eautou ghn emplhsqhsetai artwn oi de diwkontes mataia endeeis frenwn¹¹os estin hdus en oinwn diatribais en tois eautou ocurwmasin kataleiyei atimian¹²epiqumiai asebwn kakai ai de rizai twn eusebwn en ocurwmasin¹³di� amartian ceilewn empiptei eis pagidas amartwlos ekfeugei de ex autwn dikaios¹³o blepwn leia elehqhsetai o de sunantwn en pulais ekqliyei yucas¹⁴apo karpwn stomatos yuch andros plhsqhsetai agaqwn antapodoma de ceilewn autou doqhsetai autw¹⁵odoi afronwn orqai enwpion autwn eisakouei de sumboulias sofos¹⁶afrwn auqhmeron exaggellei orghn autou kruptei de thn eautou atimian panourgos¹⁷epideiknumenhn pistin apaggellei dikaios o de martus twn adikwn dolios¹⁸eisin oi legontes titrwskousin macaira glwssai de sofwn iwntai¹⁹ceilh alhqina katorqoi marturian martus de tacus glwssan ecei adikon²⁰dolos en kardia tektainomenou kaka oi de boulomenoi eirhnhn eufranqhsontai²¹ouk aresei tw dikaiw ouden adikon oi de asebeis plhsqhsontai kakwn²²bdelugma kuriw ceilh yeudh o de poiwn pisteis dektos par� autw²³anhr sunetos qronos aisqhsews kardia de afronwn sunanthsetai arais²⁴ceir eklektwn krathsei eucerws dolioi de esontai eis pronomhn²⁵foberos logos kardian tarassei andros dikaiou aggelia de agaqh eufrainei auton²⁶epignwmwn dikaios eautou filos estai ai de gnwmai twn asebwn anepieikeis amartanontas katadiwxetai kaka h de odos twn asebwn planhsei autous²⁷ouk epiteuxetai dolios qhras kthma de timion anhr kaqaros²⁸en odois dikaiosunhs zwh odoi de mnhsikakwn eis qanaton

Chapter 13
¹uios panourgos uphkoos patri uios de anhkoos en apwleia²apo karpwn dikaiosunhs fagetai agaqos yucai de paranomwn olountai awroi³os fulassei to eautou stoma threi thn eautou yuchn o de propeths ceilesin ptohsei eauton⁴en epiqumiais estin pas aergos ceires de andreiwn en epimeleia⁵logon adikon misei dikaios asebhs de aiscunetai kai ouc exei parrhsian⁶dikaiosunh fulassei akakous tous de asebeis faulous poiei amartia⁷eisin oi ploutizontes eautous mhden econtes kai eisin oi tapeinountes eautous en pollw ploutw⁸lutron andros yuchs o idios ploutos ptwcos de ouc ufistatai apeilhn⁹fws dikaiois dia pantos fws de asebwn sbennutai⁹yucai doliai planwntai en amartiais dikaioi de oiktirousin kai elewsin¹⁰kakos meq� ubrews prassei kaka oi de eautwn epignwmones sofoi¹¹uparxis epispoudazomenh meta anomias elasswn ginetai o de sunagwn eautw met� eusebeias plhqunqhsetai dikaios oiktirei kai kicra¹²kreisswn enarcomenos bohqwn kardia tou epaggellomenou kai eis elpida agontos dendron gar zwhs epiqumia agaqh¹³os katafronei pragmatos katafronhqhsetai up� autou o de foboumenos entolhn outos ugiainei¹³uiw doliw ouden estai agaqon oiketh de sofw euodoi esontai praxeis kai kateuqunqhsetai h odos autou¹⁴nomos sofou phgh zwhs o de anous upo pagidos qaneitai¹⁵sunesis agaqh didwsin carin to de gnwnai nomon dianoias estin agaqhs odoi de katafronountwn en apwleia¹⁶pas panourgos prassei meta gnwsews o de afrwn exepetasen eautou kakian¹⁷basileus qrasus empeseitai eis kaka aggelos de pistos rusetai auton¹⁸penian kai atimian afaireitai paideia o de fulasswn elegcous doxasqhsetai¹⁹epiqumiai eusebwn hdunousin yuchn erga de asebwn makran apo gnwsews²⁰o sumporeuomenos sofois sofos estai o de sumporeuomenos afrosi gnwsqhsetai²¹amartanontas katadiwxetai kaka tous de dikaious katalhmyetai agaqa²²agaqos anhr klhronomhsei uious uiwn qhsaurizetai de dikaiois ploutos asebwn²³dikaioi poihsousin en ploutw eth polla adikoi de apolountai suntomws²⁴os feidetai ths bakthrias misei ton uion autou o de agapwn epimelws paideuei²⁵dikaios esqwn empipla thn yuchn autou yucai de asebwn endeeis

Chapter 14
¹sofai gunaikes wkodomhsan oikous h de afrwn kateskayen tais cersin auths²o poreuomenos orqws fobeitai ton kurion o de skoliazwn tais odois autou atimasqhsetai³ek stomatos afronwn bakthria ubrews ceilh de sofwn fulassei autous⁴ou mh eisin boes fatnai kaqarai ou de polla genhmata fanera boos iscus⁵martus pistos ou yeudetai ekkaiei de yeudh martus adikos⁶zhthseis sofian para kakois kai ouc eurhseis aisqhsis de para fronimois eucerhs⁷panta enantia andri afroni opla de aisqhsews ceilh sofa⁸sofia panourgwn epignwsetai tas odous autwn anoia de afronwn en planh⁹oikiai paranomwn ofeilhsousin kaqarismon oikiai de dikaiwn dektai¹⁰kardia andros aisqhtikh luphra yuch autou otan de eufrainhtai ouk epimeignutai ubrei¹¹oikiai asebwn afanisqhsontai skhnai de katorqountwn sthsontai¹²estin odos h dokei orqh einai para anqrwpois ta de teleutaia auths ercetai eis puqmena adou¹³en eufrosunais ou prosmeignutai luph teleutaia de cara eis penqos ercetai¹⁴twn eautou odwn plhsqhsetai qrasukardios apo de twn dianohmatwn autou anhr agaqos¹⁵akakos pisteuei panti logw panourgos de ercetai eis metanoian¹⁶sofos fobhqeis exeklinen apo kakou o de afrwn eautw pepoiqws meignutai anomw¹⁷oxuqumos prassei meta aboulias anhr de fronimos polla upoferei¹⁸meriountai afrones kakian oi de panourgoi krathsousin aisqhsews¹⁹olisqhsousin kakoi enanti agaqwn kai asebeis qerapeusousin quras dikaiwn²⁰filoi mishsousin filous ptwcous filoi de plousiwn polloi²¹o atimazwn penhtas amartanei elewn de ptwcous makaristos²²planwmenoi tektainousi kaka eleon de kai alhqeian tektainousin agaqoi ouk epistantai eleon kai pistin tektones kakwn elehmosunai de kai pisteis para tektosin agaqois²³en panti merimnwnti enestin perisson o de hdus kai analghtos en endeia estai²⁴stefanos sofwn panourgos h de diatribh afronwn kakh²⁵rusetai ek kakwn yuchn martus pistos ekkaiei de yeudh dolios²⁶en fobw kuriou elpis iscuos tois de teknois autou kataleipei ereisma²⁷prostagma kuriou phgh zwhs poiei de ekklinein ek pagidos qanatou²⁸en pollw eqnei doxa basilews en de ekleiyei laou suntribh dunastou²⁹makroqumos anhr polus en fronhsei o de oligoyucos iscurws afrwn³⁰prau+qumos anhr kardias iatros shs de ostewn kardia aisqhtikh³¹o sukofantwn penhta paroxunei ton poihsanta auton o de timwn auton elea ptwcon³²en kakia autou apwsqhsetai asebhs o de pepoiqws th eautou osiothti dikaios³³en kardia agaqh andros sofia en de kardia afronwn ou diaginwsketai³⁴dikaiosunh uyoi eqnos elassonousi de fulas amartiai³⁵dektos basilei uphreths nohmwn th de eautou eustrofia afaireitai atimian

Chapter 15
¹orgh apollusin kai fronimous apokrisis de upopiptousa apostrefei qumon logos de luphros egeirei orgas²glwssa sofwn kala epistatai stoma de afronwn anaggelei kaka³en panti topw ofqalmoi kuriou skopeuousin kakous te kai agaqous⁴iasis glwsshs dendron zwhs o de sunthrwn authn plhsqhsetai pneumatos⁵afrwn mukthrizei paideian patros o de fulasswn entolas panourgoteros⁶en pleonazoush dikaiosunh iscus pollh oi de asebeis olorrizoi ek ghs olountai oikois dikaiwn iscus pollh karpoi de asebwn apolountai⁷ceilh sofwn dedetai aisqhsei kardiai de afronwn ouk asfaleis⁸qusiai asebwn bdelugma kuriw eucai de kateuqunontwn dektai par� autw⁹bdelugma kuriw odoi asebous diwkontas de dikaiosunhn agapa¹⁰paideia akakou gnwrizetai upo twn pariontwn oi de misountes elegcous teleutwsin aiscrws¹¹adhs kai apwleia fanera para tw kuriw pws ouci kai ai kardiai twn anqrwpwn¹²ouk agaphsei apaideutos tous elegcontas auton meta de sofwn ouc omilhsei¹³kardias eufrainomenhs proswpon qallei en de lupais oushs skuqrwpazei¹⁴kardia orqh zhtei aisqhsin stoma de apaideutwn gnwsetai kaka¹⁵panta ton cronon oi ofqalmoi twn kakwn prosdecontai kaka oi de agaqoi hsucazousin dia pantos¹⁶kreisswn mikra meris meta fobou kuriou h qhsauroi megaloi meta afobias¹⁷kreisswn xenismos lacanwn pros filian kai carin h paraqesis moscwn meta ecqras¹⁸anhr qumwdhs paraskeuazei macas makroqumos de kai thn mellousan kataprau+nei¹⁸makroqumos anhr katasbesei kriseis o de asebhs egeirei mallon¹⁹odoi aergwn estrwmenai akanqais ai de twn andreiwn tetrimmenai²⁰uios sofos eufrainei patera uios de afrwn mukthrizei mhtera autou²¹anohtou triboi endeeis frenwn anhr de fronimos kateuqunwn poreuetai²²upertiqentai logismous oi mh timwntes sunedria en de kardiais bouleuomenwn menei boulh²³ou mh upakoush o kakos auth oude mh eiph kairion ti kai kalon tw koinw²⁴odoi zwhs dianohmata sunetou ina ekklinas ek tou adou swqh²⁵oikous ubristwn kataspa kurios esthrisen de orion chras²⁶bdelugma kuriw logismos adikos agnwn de rhseis semnai²⁷exollusin eauton o dwrolhmpths o de miswn dwrwn lhmyeis swzetai²⁷elehmosunais kai pistesin apokaqairontai amartiai tw de fobw kuriou ekklinei pas apo kakou²⁸kardiai dikaiwn meletwsin pisteis stoma de asebwn apokrinetai kaka²⁸dektai para kuriw odoi anqrwpwn dikaiwn dia de autwn kai oi ecqroi filoi ginontai²⁹makran apecei o qeos apo asebwn eucais de dikaiwn epakouei²⁹kreisswn oligh lhmyis meta dikaiosunhs h polla genhmata meta adikias²⁹kardia andros logizesqw dikaia ina upo tou qeou diorqwqh ta diabhmata autou³⁰qewrwn ofqalmos kala eufrainei kardian fhmh de agaqh piainei osta³²os apwqeitai paideian misei eauton o de thrwn elegcous agapa yuchn autou³³fobos qeou paideia kai sofia kai arch doxhs apokriqhsetai auth

Chapter 16
²panta ta erga tou tapeinou fanera para tw qew oi de asebeis en hmera kakh olountai⁵akaqartos para qew pas uyhlokardios ceiri de ceiras embalwn adikws ouk aqwwqhsetai⁷arch odou agaqhs to poiein ta dikaia dekta de para qew mallon h quein qusias⁸o zhtwn ton kurion eurhsei gnwsin meta dikaiosunhs oi de orqws zhtountes auton eurhsousin eirhnhn⁹panta ta erga tou kuriou meta dikaiosunhs fulassetai de o asebhs eis hmeran kakhn¹⁰manteion epi ceilesin basilews en de krisei ou mh planhqh to stoma autou¹¹roph zugou dikaiosunh para kuriw ta de erga autou staqmia dikaia¹²bdelugma basilei o poiwn kaka meta gar dikaiosunhs etoimazetai qronos archs¹³dekta basilei ceilh dikaia logous de orqous agapa¹⁴qumos basilews aggelos qanatou anhr de sofos exilasetai auton¹⁵en fwti zwhs uios basilews oi de prosdektoi autw wsper nefos oyimon¹⁶nossiai sofias airetwterai crusiou nossiai de fronhsews airetwterai uper argurion¹⁷triboi zwhs ekklinousin apo kakwn mhkos de biou odoi dikaiosunhs o decomenos paideian en agaqois estai o de fulasswn elegcous sofisqhsetai os fulassei tas eautou odous threi thn eautou yuchn agapwn de zwhn autou feisetai stomatos autou¹⁸pro suntribhs hgeitai ubris pro de ptwmatos kakofrosunh¹⁹kreisswn prau+qumos meta tapeinwsews h os diaireitai skula meta ubristwn²⁰sunetos en pragmasin eureths agaqwn pepoiqws de epi qew makaristos²¹tous sofous kai sunetous faulous kalousin oi de glukeis en logw pleiona akousontai²²phgh zwhs ennoia tois kekthmenois paideia de afronwn kakh²³kardia sofou nohsei ta apo tou idiou stomatos epi de ceilesin foresei epignwmosunhn²⁴khria melitos logoi kaloi glukasma de autwn iasis yuchs²⁵eisin odoi dokousai einai orqai andri ta mentoi teleutaia autwn blepei eis puqmena adou²⁶anhr en ponois ponei eautw kai ekbiazetai eautou thn apwleian o mentoi skolios epi tw eautou stomati forei thn apwleian²⁷anhr afrwn orussei eautw kaka epi de twn eautou ceilewn qhsaurizei pur²⁸anhr skolios diapempetai kaka kai lampthra dolou purseuei kakois kai diacwrizei filous²⁹anhr paranomos apopeiratai filwn kai apagei autous odous ouk agaqas³⁰sthrizwn ofqalmous autou logizetai diestrammena orizei de tois ceilesin autou panta ta kaka outos kaminos estin kakias³¹stefanos kauchsews ghras en de odois dikaiosunhs eurisketai³²kreisswn anhr makroqumos iscurou o de kratwn orghs kreisswn katalambanomenou polin³³eis kolpous epercetai panta tois adikois para de kuriou panta ta dikaia

Chapter 17
¹kreisswn ywmos meq� hdonhs en eirhnh h oikos plhrhs pollwn agaqwn kai adikwn qumatwn meta machs²oikeths nohmwn krathsei despotwn afronwn en de adelfois dieleitai merh³wsper dokimazetai en kaminw arguros kai crusos outws eklektai kardiai para kuriw⁴kakos upakouei glwsshs paranomwn dikaios de ou prosecei ceilesin yeudesin⁵o katagelwn ptwcou paroxunei ton poihsanta auton o de epicairwn apollumenw ouk aqwwqhsetai o de episplagcnizomenos elehqhsetai⁶stefanos gerontwn tekna teknwn kauchma de teknwn pateres autwn⁶tou pistou olos o kosmos twn crhmatwn tou de apistou oude obolos⁷ouc armosei afroni ceilh pista oude dikaiw ceilh yeudh⁸misqos caritwn h paideia tois crwmenois ou d� an epistreyh euodwqhsetai⁹os kruptei adikhmata zhtei filian os de misei kruptein diisthsin filous kai oikeious¹⁰suntribei apeilh kardian fronimou afrwn de mastigwqeis ouk aisqanetai¹¹antilogias egeirei pas kakos o de kurios aggelon anelehmona ekpemyei autw¹²empeseitai merimna andri nohmoni oi de afrones dialogiountai kaka¹³os apodidwsin kaka anti agaqwn ou kinhqhsetai kaka ek tou oikou autou¹⁴exousian didwsin logois arch dikaiosunhs prohgeitai de ths endeias stasis kai mach¹⁵os dikaion krinei ton adikon adikon de ton dikaion akaqartos kai bdeluktos para qew¹⁶ina ti uphrxen crhmata afroni kthsasqai gar sofian akardios ou dunhsetai¹⁶os uyhlon poiei ton eautou oikon zhtei suntribhn o de skoliazwn tou maqein empeseitai eis kaka¹⁷eis panta kairon filos uparcetw soi adelfoi de en anagkais crhsimoi estwsan toutou gar carin gennwntai¹⁸anhr afrwn epikrotei kai epicairei eautw ws kai o egguwmenos egguh ton eautou filon¹⁹filamarthmwn cairei macais²⁰o de sklhrokardios ou sunanta agaqois anhr eumetabolos glwssh empeseitai eis kaka²¹kardia de afronos odunh tw kekthmenw authn ouk eufrainetai pathr epi uiw apaideutw uios de fronimos eufrainei mhtera autou²²kardia eufrainomenh euektein poiei andros de luphrou xhrainetai ta osta²³lambanontos dwra en kolpw adikws ou kateuodountai odoi asebhs de ekklinei odous dikaiosunhs²⁴proswpon suneton andros sofou oi de ofqalmoi tou afronos ep� akra ghs²⁵orgh patri uios afrwn kai odunh th tekoush autou²⁶zhmioun andra dikaion ou kalon oude osion epibouleuein dunastais dikaiois²⁷os feidetai rhma proesqai sklhron epignwmwn makroqumos de anhr fronimos²⁸anohtw eperwthsanti sofian sofia logisqhsetai eneon de tis eauton poihsas doxei fronimos einai

Chapter 18
¹profaseis zhtei anhr boulomenos cwrizesqai apo filwn en panti de kairw eponeidistos estai²ou creian ecei sofias endehs frenwn mallon gar agetai afrosunh³otan elqh asebhs eis baqos kakwn katafronei epercetai de autw atimia kai oneidos⁴udwr baqu logos en kardia andros potamos de anaphduei kai phgh zwhs⁵qaumasai proswpon asebous ou kalon oude osion ekklinein to dikaion en krisei⁶ceilh afronos agousin auton eis kaka to de stoma autou to qrasu qanaton epikaleitai⁷stoma afronos suntribh autw ta de ceilh autou pagis th yuch autou⁸oknhrous kataballei fobos yucai de androgunwn peinasousin⁹o mh iwmenos eauton en tois ergois autou adelfos estin tou lumainomenou eauton¹⁰ek megalwsunhs iscuos onoma kuriou autw de prosdramontes dikaioi uyountai¹¹uparxis plousiou andros polis ocura h de doxa auths mega episkiazei¹²pro suntribhs uyoutai kardia andros kai pro doxhs tapeinoutai¹³os apokrinetai logon prin akousai afrosunh autw estin kai oneidos¹⁴qumon andros prau+nei qerapwn fronimos oligoyucon de andra tis upoisei¹⁵kardia fronimou ktatai aisqhsin wta de sofwn zhtei ennoian¹⁶doma anqrwpou emplatunei auton kai para dunastais kaqizanei auton¹⁷dikaios eautou kathgoros en prwtologia ws d� an epibalh o antidikos elegcetai¹⁸antilogias pauei klhros en de dunastais orizei¹⁹adelfos upo adelfou bohqoumenos ws polis ocura kai uyhlh iscuei de wsper teqemeliwmenon basileion²⁰apo karpwn stomatos anhr pimplhsin koilian autou apo de karpwn ceilewn autou emplhsqhsetai²¹qanatos kai zwh en ceiri glwsshs oi de kratountes auths edontai tous karpous auths²²os euren gunaika agaqhn euren caritas elaben de para qeou ilarothta²²os ekballei gunaika agaqhn ekballei ta agaqa o de katecwn moicalida afrwn kai asebhs

Chapter 19
³afrosunh andros lumainetai tas odous autou ton de qeon aitiatai th kardia autou⁴ploutos prostiqhsin filous pollous o de ptwcos kai apo tou uparcontos filou leipetai⁵martus yeudhs ouk atimwrhtos estai o de egkalwn adikws ou diafeuxetai⁶polloi qerapeuousin proswpa basilewn pas de o kakos ginetai oneidos andri⁷pas os adelfon ptwcon misei kai filias makran estai ennoia agaqh tois eidosin authn eggiei anhr de fronimos eurhsei authn o polla kakopoiwn telesiourgei kakian os de ereqizei logous ou swqhsetai⁸o ktwmenos fronhsin agapa eauton os de fulassei fronhsin eurhsei agaqa⁹martus yeudhs ouk atimwrhtos estai os d� an ekkaush kakian apoleitai up� auths¹⁰ou sumferei afroni trufh kai ean oikeths arxhtai meq� ubrews dunasteuein¹¹elehmwn anhr makroqumei to de kauchma autou epercetai paranomois¹²basilews apeilh omoia brugmw leontos wsper de drosos epi cortw outws to ilaron autou¹³aiscunh patri uios afrwn kai ouc agnai eucai apo misqwmatos etairas¹⁴oikon kai uparxin merizousin pateres paisin para de qeou armozetai gunh andri¹⁵deilia katecei androgunaion yuch de aergou peinasei¹⁶os fulassei entolhn threi thn eautou yuchn o de katafronwn twn eautou odwn apoleitai¹⁷danizei qew o elewn ptwcon kata de to doma autou antapodwsei autw¹⁸paideue uion sou outws gar estai euelpis eis de ubrin mh epairou th yuch sou¹⁹kakofrwn anhr polla zhmiwqhsetai ean de loimeuhtai kai thn yuchn autou prosqhsei²⁰akoue uie paideian patros sou ina sofos genh ep� escatwn sou²¹polloi logismoi en kardia andros h de boulh tou kuriou eis ton aiwna menei²²karpos andri elehmosunh kreisswn de ptwcos dikaios h plousios yeusths²³fobos kuriou eis zwhn andri o de afobos aulisqhsetai en topois ou ouk episkopeitai gnwsis²⁴o egkruptwn eis ton kolpon autou ceiras adikws oude tw stomati ou mh prosagagh autas²⁵loimou mastigoumenou afrwn panourgoteros ginetai ean de elegchs andra fronimon nohsei aisqhsin²⁶o atimazwn patera kai apwqoumenos mhtera autou kataiscunqhsetai kai eponeidistos estai²⁷uios apoleipomenos fulaxai paideian patros melethsei rhseis kakas²⁸o egguwmenos paida afrona kaqubrizei dikaiwma stoma de asebwn katapietai kriseis²⁹etoimazontai akolastois mastiges kai timwriai wmois afronwn

Chapter 20
¹akolaston oinos kai ubristikon meqh pas de o summeignumenos auth ouk estai sofos²ou diaferei apeilh basilews qumou leontos o de paroxunwn auton amartanei eis thn eautou yuchn³doxa andri apostrefesqai loidorias pas de afrwn toioutois sumpleketai⁴oneidizomenos oknhros ouk aiscunetai wsautws kai o danizomenos siton en amhtw⁵udwr baqu boulh en kardia andros anhr de fronimos exantlhsei authn⁶mega anqrwpos kai timion anhr elehmwn andra de piston ergon eurein⁷os anastrefetai amwmos en dikaiosunh makarious tous paidas autou kataleiyei⁸otan basileus dikaios kaqish epi qronou ouk enantioutai en ofqalmois autou pan ponhron⁹tis kauchsetai agnhn ecein thn kardian h tis parrhsiasetai kaqaros einai apo amartiwn⁹kakologountos patera h mhtera sbesqhsetai lampthr ai de korai twn ofqalmwn autou oyontai skotos⁹meris epispoudazomenh en prwtois en tois teleutaiois ouk euloghqhsetai⁹mh eiphs teisomai ton ecqron alla upomeinon ton kurion ina soi bohqhsh¹⁰staqmion mega kai mikron kai metra dissa akaqarta enwpion kuriou kai amfotera¹¹kai o poiwn auta en tois epithdeumasin autou sumpodisqhsetai neaniskos meta osiou kai euqeia h odos autou¹²ous akouei kai ofqalmos ora kuriou erga kai amfotera¹³mh agapa katalalein ina mh exarqhs dianoixon tous ofqalmous sou kai emplhsqhti artwn²³bdelugma kuriw disson staqmion kai zugos dolios ou kalon enwpion autou²⁴para kuriou euqunetai ta diabhmata andri qnhtos de pws an nohsai tas odous autou²⁵pagis andri tacu ti twn idiwn agiasai meta gar to euxasqai metanoein ginetai²⁶likmhtwr asebwn basileus sofos kai epibalei autois trocon²⁷fws kuriou pnoh anqrwpwn os ereuna tamieia koilias²⁸elehmosunh kai alhqeia fulakh basilei kai perikuklwsousin en dikaiosunh ton qronon autou²⁹kosmos neaniais sofia doxa de presbuterwn poliai³⁰upwpia kai suntrimmata sunanta kakois plhgai de eis tamieia koilias

Chapter 21
¹wsper ormh udatos outws kardia basilews en ceiri qeou ou ean qelwn neush ekei eklinen authn²pas anhr fainetai eautw dikaios kateuqunei de kardias kurios³poiein dikaia kai alhqeuein aresta para qew mallon h qusiwn aima⁴megalofrwn ef� ubrei qrasukardios lampthr de asebwn amartia⁶o energwn qhsaurismata glwssh yeudei mataia diwkei epi pagidas qanatou⁷oleqros asebesin epixenwqhsetai ou gar boulontai prassein ta dikaia⁸pros tous skolious skolias odous apostellei o qeos agna gar kai orqa ta erga autou⁹kreisson oikein epi gwnias upaiqrou h en kekoniamenois meta adikias kai en oikw koinw¹⁰yuch asebous ouk elehqhsetai up� oudenos twn anqrwpwn¹¹zhmioumenou akolastou panourgoteros ginetai o akakos suniwn de sofos dexetai gnwsin¹²suniei dikaios kardias asebwn kai faulizei asebeis en kakois¹³os frassei ta wta tou mh epakousai asqenous kai autos epikalesetai kai ouk estai o eisakouwn¹⁴dosis laqrios anatrepei orgas dwrwn de o feidomenos qumon egeirei iscuron¹⁵eufrosunh dikaiwn poiein krima osios de akaqartos para kakourgois¹⁶anhr planwmenos ex odou dikaiosunhs en sunagwgh gigantwn anapausetai¹⁷anhr endehs agapa eufrosunhn filwn oinon kai elaion eis plouton¹⁸perikaqarma de dikaiou anomos¹⁹kreisson oikein en gh erhmw h meta gunaikos macimou kai glwsswdous kai orgilou²⁰qhsauros epiqumhtos anapausetai epi stomatos sofou afrones de andres katapiontai auton²¹odos dikaiosunhs kai elehmosunhs eurhsei zwhn kai doxan²²poleis ocuras epebh sofos kai kaqeilen to ocurwma ef� w epepoiqeisan oi asebeis²³os fulassei to stoma autou kai thn glwssan diathrei ek qliyews thn yuchn autou²⁴qrasus kai auqadhs kai alazwn loimos kaleitai os de mnhsikakei paranomos²⁵epiqumiai oknhron apokteinousin ou gar proairountai ai ceires autou poiein ti²⁶asebhs epiqumei olhn thn hmeran epiqumias kakas o de dikaios elea kai oiktirei afeidws²⁷qusiai asebwn bdelugma kuriw kai gar paranomws prosferousin autas²⁸martus yeudhs apoleitai anhr de uphkoos fulassomenos lalhsei²⁹asebhs anhr anaidws ufistatai proswpw o de euqhs autos suniei tas odous autou³⁰ouk estin sofia ouk estin andreia ouk estin boulh pros ton asebh³¹ippos etoimazetai eis hmeran polemou para de kuriou h bohqeia

Chapter 22
¹airetwteron onoma kalon h ploutos polus uper de argurion kai crusion caris agaqh²plousios kai ptwcos sunhnthsan allhlois amfoterous de o kurios epoihsen³panourgos idwn ponhron timwroumenon krataiws autos paideuetai oi de afrones parelqontes ezhmiwqhsan⁴genea sofias fobos kuriou kai ploutos kai doxa kai zwh⁵triboloi kai pagides en odois skoliais o de fulasswn thn eautou yuchn afexetai autwn⁷plousioi ptwcwn arxousin kai oiketai idiois despotais daniousin⁸o speirwn faula qerisei kaka plhghn de ergwn autou suntelesei⁸andra ilaron kai dothn eulogei o qeos mataiothta de ergwn autou suntelesei⁹o elewn ptwcon autos diatrafhsetai twn gar eautou artwn edwken tw ptwcw⁹nikhn kai timhn peripoieitai o dwra dous thn mentoi yuchn afaireitai twn kekthmenwn¹⁰ekbale ek sunedriou loimon kai sunexeleusetai autw neikos otan gar kaqish en sunedriw pantas atimazei¹¹agapa kurios osias kardias dektoi de autw pantes amwmoi ceilesin poimainei basileus¹²oi de ofqalmoi kuriou diathrousin aisqhsin faulizei de logous paranomos¹³profasizetai kai legei oknhros lewn en tais odois en de tais plateiais foneutai¹⁴boqros baqus stoma paranomou o de mishqeis upo kuriou empeseitai eis auton¹⁴eisin odoi kakai enwpion andros kai ouk agapa tou apostreyai ap� autwn apostrefein de dei apo odou skolias kai kakhs¹⁵anoia exhptai kardias neou rabdos de kai paideia makran ap� autou¹⁶o sukofantwn penhta polla poiei ta eautou didwsin de plousiw ep� elassoni¹⁷logois sofwn paraballe son ous kai akoue emon logon thn de shn kardian episthson ina gnws oti kaloi eisin¹⁸kai ean embalhs autous eis thn kardian sou eufranousin se ama epi sois ceilesin¹⁹ina sou genhtai epi kurion h elpis kai gnwrish soi thn odon autou²⁰kai su de apograyai auta seautw trissws eis boulhn kai gnwsin epi to platos ths kardias sou²¹didaskw oun se alhqh logon kai gnwsin agaqhn upakouein tou apokrinesqai logous alhqeias tois proballomenois soi²²mh apobiazou penhta ptwcos gar estin kai mh atimashs asqenh en pulais²³o gar kurios krinei autou thn krisin kai rush shn asulon yuchn²⁴mh isqi etairos andri qumwdei filw de orgilw mh sunaulizou²⁵mhpote maqhs twn odwn autou kai labhs brocous th sh yuch²⁶mh didou seauton eis egguhn aiscunomenos proswpon²⁷ean gar mh echs poqen apoteishs lhmyontai to strwma to upo tas pleuras sou²⁸mh metaire oria aiwnia a eqento oi pateres sou²⁹oratikon andra kai oxun en tois ergois autou basileusi dei parestanai kai mh parestanai andrasi nwqrois

Chapter 23
¹ean kaqishs deipnein epi trapezhs dunastwn nohtws noei ta paratiqemena soi²kai epiballe thn ceira sou eidws oti toiauta se dei paraskeuasai³ei de aplhstoteros ei mh epiqumei twn edesmatwn autou tauta gar ecetai zwhs yeudous⁴mh parekteinou penhs wn plousiw th de sh ennoia aposcou⁵ean episthshs to son omma pros auton oudamou faneitai kateskeuastai gar autw pteruges wsper aetou kai upostrefei eis ton oikon tou proesthkotos autou⁶mh sundeipnei andri baskanw mhde epiqumei twn brwmatwn autou⁷on tropon gar ei tis katapioi trica outws esqiei kai pinei⁸mhde pros se eisagaghs auton kai faghs ton ywmon sou met� autou exemesei gar auton kai lumaneitai tous logous sou tous kalous⁹eis wta afronos mhden lege mhpote mukthrish tous sunetous logous sou¹⁰mh metaqhs oria aiwnia eis de kthma orfanwn mh eiselqhs¹¹o gar lutroumenos autous kurios krataios estin kai krinei thn krisin autwn meta sou¹²dos eis paideian thn kardian sou ta de wta sou etoimason logois aisqhsews¹³mh aposch nhpion paideuein oti ean pataxhs auton rabdw ou mh apoqanh¹⁴su men gar pataxeis auton rabdw thn de yuchn autou ek qanatou rush¹⁵uie ean sofh genhtai sou h kardia eufraneis kai thn emhn kardian¹⁶kai endiatriyei logois ta sa ceilh pros ta ema ceilh ean orqa wsin¹⁷mh zhloutw h kardia sou amartwlous alla en fobw kuriou isqi olhn thn hmeran¹⁸ean gar thrhshs auta estai soi ekgona h de elpis sou ouk aposthsetai¹⁹akoue uie kai sofos ginou kai kateuqune ennoias shs kardias²⁰mh isqi oinopoths mhde ekteinou sumbolais krewn te agorasmois²¹pas gar mequsos kai pornokopos ptwceusei kai endusetai dierrhgmena kai rakwdh pas upnwdhs²²akoue uie patros tou gennhsantos se kai mh katafronei oti geghraken sou h mhthr²⁴kalws ektrefei pathr dikaios epi de uiw sofw eufrainetai h yuch autou²⁵eufrainesqw o pathr kai h mhthr epi soi kai cairetw h tekousa se²⁶dos moi uie shn kardian oi de soi ofqalmoi emas odous threitwsan²⁷piqos gar tetrhmenos estin allotrios oikos kai frear stenon allotrion²⁸outos gar suntomws apoleitai kai pas paranomos analwqhsetai²⁹tini ouai tini qorubos tini krisis tini ahdiai kai lescai tini suntrimmata dia kenhs tinos peleioi oi ofqalmoi³⁰ou twn egcronizontwn en oinois ou twn icneuontwn pou potoi ginontai³¹mh mequskesqe oinw alla omileite anqrwpois dikaiois kai omileite en peripatois ean gar eis tas fialas kai ta pothria dws tous ofqalmous sou usteron peripathseis gumnoteros uperou³²to de escaton wsper upo ofews peplhgws ekteinetai kai wsper upo kerastou diaceitai autw o ios³³oi ofqalmoi sou otan idwsin allotrian to stoma sou tote lalhsei skolia³⁴kai katakeish wsper en kardia qalasshs kai wsper kubernhths en pollw kludwni³⁵ereis de tuptousin me kai ouk eponesa kai enepaixan moi egw de ouk hdein pote orqros estai ina elqwn zhthsw meq� wn suneleusomai

Chapter 24
¹uie mh zhlwshs kakous andras mhde epiqumhshs einai met� autwn²yeudh gar meleta h kardia autwn kai ponous ta ceilh autwn lalei³meta sofias oikodomeitai oikos kai meta sunesews anorqoutai⁴meta aisqhsews empimplatai tamieia ek pantos ploutou timiou kai kalou⁵kreisswn sofos iscurou kai anhr fronhsin ecwn gewrgiou megalou⁶meta kubernhsews ginetai polemos bohqeia de meta kardias bouleutikhs⁷sofia kai ennoia agaqh en pulais sofwn sofoi ouk ekklinousin ek stomatos kuriou⁸alla logizontai en sunedriois apaideutois sunanta qanatos⁹apoqnhskei de afrwn en amartiais akaqarsia de andri loimw emmolunqhsetai¹⁰en hmera kakh kai en hmera qliyews ews an ekliph¹¹rusai agomenous eis qanaton kai ekpriou kteinomenous mh feish¹²ean de eiphs ouk oida touton ginwske oti kurios kardias pantwn ginwskei kai o plasas pnohn pasin autos oiden panta os apodidwsin ekastw kata ta erga autou¹³fage meli uie agaqon gar khrion ina glukanqh sou o farugx¹⁴outws aisqhsh sofian th sh yuch ean gar eurhs estai kalh h teleuth sou kai elpis se ouk egkataleiyei¹⁵mh prosagaghs asebh nomh dikaiwn mhde apathqhs cortasia koilias¹⁶eptaki gar peseitai o dikaios kai anasthsetai oi de asebeis asqenhsousin en kakois¹⁷ean pesh o ecqros sou mh epicarhs autw en de tw uposkelismati autou mh epairou¹⁸oti oyetai kurios kai ouk aresei autw kai apostreyei ton qumon autou ap� autou¹⁹mh caire epi kakopoiois mhde zhlou amartwlous²⁰ou gar mh genhtai ekgona ponhrwn lampthr de asebwn sbesqhsetai²¹fobou ton qeon uie kai basilea kai mhqeterw autwn apeiqhshs²²exaifnhs gar teisontai tous asebeis tas de timwrias amfoterwn tis gnwsetai²²logon fulassomenos uios apwleias ektos estai decomenos de edexato auton²²mhden yeudos apo glwsshs basilei legesqw kai ouden yeudos apo glwsshs autou ou mh exelqh²²macaira glwssa basilews kai ou sarkinh os d� an paradoqh suntribhsetai²²ean gar oxunqh o qumos autou sun neurois anqrwpous analiskei²²kai osta anqrwpwn katatrwgei kai sugkaiei wsper flox wste abrwta einai neossois aetwn²³tauta de legw umin tois sofois epiginwskein aideisqai proswpon en krisei ou kalon²⁴o eipwn ton asebh dikaios estin epikataratos laois estai kai mishtos eis eqnh²⁵oi de elegcontes beltious fanountai ep� autous de hxei eulogia agaqh²⁶ceilh de filhsousin apokrinomena logous agaqous²⁷etoimaze eis thn exodon ta erga sou kai paraskeuazou eis ton agron kai poreuou katopisqen mou kai anoikodomhseis ton oikon sou²⁸mh isqi yeudhs martus epi son polithn mhde platunou sois ceilesin²⁹mh eiphs on tropon ecrhsato moi crhsomai autw teisomai de auton a me hdikhsen³⁰wsper gewrgion anhr afrwn kai wsper ampelwn anqrwpos endehs frenwn³¹ean afhs auton cerswqhsetai kai cortomanhsei olos kai ginetai ekleleimmenos oi de fragmoi twn liqwn autou kataskaptontai³²usteron egw metenohsa epebleya tou eklexasqai paideian³³oligon nustazw oligon de kaqupnw oligon de enagkalizomai cersin sthqh³⁴ean de touto poihs hxei proporeuomenh h penia sou kai h endeia sou wsper agaqos dromeus

Chapter 30
¹tous emous logous uie fobhqhti kai dexamenos autous metanoei tade legei o anhr tois pisteuousin qew kai pauomai²afronestatos gar eimi pantwn anqrwpwn kai fronhsis anqrwpwn ouk estin en emoi³qeos dedidacen me sofian kai gnwsin agiwn egnwka⁴tis anebh eis ton ouranon kai katebh tis sunhgagen anemous en kolpw tis sunestreyen udwr en imatiw tis ekrathsen pantwn twn akrwn ths ghs ti onoma autw h ti onoma tois teknois autou ina gnws⁵pantes logoi qeou pepurwmenoi uperaspizei de autos twn eulaboumenwn auton⁶mh prosqhs tois logois autou ina mh elegxh se kai yeudhs genh⁷duo aitoumai para sou mh afelhs mou carin pro tou apoqanein me⁸mataion logon kai yeudh makran mou poihson plouton de kai penian mh moi dws suntaxon de moi ta deonta kai ta autarkh⁹ina mh plhsqeis yeudhs genwmai kai eipw tis me ora h penhqeis kleyw kai omosw to onoma tou qeou¹⁰mh paradws oikethn eis ceiras despotou mhpote katarashtai se kai afanisqhs¹¹ekgonon kakon patera kataratai thn de mhtera ouk eulogei¹²ekgonon kakon dikaion eauton krinei thn de exodon autou ouk apeniyen¹³ekgonon kakon uyhlous ofqalmous ecei tois de blefarois autou epairetai¹⁴ekgonon kakon macairas tous odontas ecei kai tas mulas tomidas wste analiskein kai katesqiein tous tapeinous apo ths ghs kai tous penhtas autwn ex anqrwpwn¹⁵th bdellh treis qugateres hsan agaphsei agapwmenai kai ai treis autai ouk enepimplasan authn kai h tetarth ouk hrkesqh eipein ikanon¹⁶adhs kai erws gunaikos kai tartaros kai gh ouk empiplamenh udatos kai udwr kai pur ou mh eipwsin arkei¹⁷ofqalmon katagelwnta patros kai atimazonta ghras mhtros ekkoyaisan auton korakes ek twn faraggwn kai katafagoisan auton neossoi aetwn¹⁸tria de estin adunata moi nohsai kai to tetarton ouk epiginwskw¹⁹icnh aetou petomenou kai odous ofews epi petras kai tribous nhos pontoporoushs kai odous andros en neothti²⁰toiauth odos gunaikos moicalidos h otan praxh aponiyamenh ouden fhsin pepracenai atopon²¹dia triwn seietai h gh to de tetarton ou dunatai ferein²²ean oikeths basileush kai afrwn plhsqh sitiwn²³kai oiketis ean ekbalh thn eauths kurian kai mishth gunh ean tuch andros agaqou²⁴tessara de estin elacista epi ths ghs tauta de estin sofwtera twn sofwn²⁵oi murmhkes ois mh estin iscus kai etoimazontai qerous thn trofhn²⁶kai oi coirogrullioi eqnos ouk iscuron oi epoihsanto en petrais tous eautwn oikous²⁷abasileuton estin h akris kai ekstrateuei af� enos keleusmatos eutaktws²⁸kai kalabwths cersin ereidomenos kai eualwtos wn katoikei en ocurwmasin basilews²⁹tria de estin a euodws poreuetai kai to tetarton o kalws diabainei³⁰skumnos leontos iscuroteros kthnwn os ouk apostrefetai oude katapthssei kthnos³¹kai alektwr emperipatwn qhleiais euyucos kai tragos hgoumenos aipoliou kai basileus dhmhgorwn en eqnei³²ean proh seauton eis eufrosunhn kai ekteinhs thn ceira sou meta machs atimasqhsh³³amelge gala kai estai bouturon ean de ekpiezhs mukthras exeleusetai aima ean de exelkhs logous exeleusontai kriseis kai macai

Chapter 31
¹oi emoi logoi eirhntai upo qeou basilews crhmatismos on epaideusen h mhthr autou²ti teknon thrhseis ti rhseis qeou prwtogenes soi legw uie ti teknon emhs koilias ti teknon emwn eucwn³mh dws gunaixi son plouton kai ton son noun kai bion eis usteroboulian⁴meta boulhs panta poiei meta boulhs oinopotei oi dunastai qumwdeis eisin oinon de mh pinetwsan⁵ina mh piontes epilaqwntai ths sofias kai orqa krinai ou mh dunwntai tous asqeneis⁶didote meqhn tois en lupais kai oinon pinein tois en odunais⁷ina epilaqwntai ths penias kai twn ponwn mh mnhsqwsin eti⁸anoige son stoma logw qeou kai krine pantas ugiws⁹anoige son stoma kai krine dikaiws diakrine de penhta kai asqenh¹⁰gunaika andreian tis eurhsei timiwtera de estin liqwn polutelwn h toiauth¹¹qarsei ep� auth h kardia tou andros auths h toiauth kalwn skulwn ouk aporhsei¹²energei gar tw andri agaqa panta ton bion¹³mhruomenh eria kai linon epoihsen eucrhston tais cersin auths¹⁴egeneto wsei naus emporeuomenh makroqen sunagei de auth ton bion¹⁵kai anistatai ek nuktwn kai edwken brwmata tw oikw kai erga tais qerapainais¹⁶qewrhsasa gewrgion epriato apo de karpwn ceirwn auths katefuteusen kthma¹⁷anazwsamenh iscurws thn osfun auths hreisen tous bracionas auths eis ergon¹⁸egeusato oti kalon estin to ergazesqai kai ouk aposbennutai olhn thn nukta o lucnos auths¹⁹tous phceis auths ekteinei epi ta sumferonta tas de ceiras auths ereidei eis atrakton²⁰ceiras de auths dihnoixen penhti karpon de exeteinen ptwcw²¹ou frontizei twn en oikw o anhr auths otan pou cronizh pantes gar oi par� auths endiduskontai²²dissas clainas epoihsen tw andri auths ek de bussou kai porfuras eauth endumata²³peribleptos de ginetai en pulais o anhr auths hnika an kaqish en sunedriw meta twn gerontwn katoikwn ths ghs²⁴sindonas epoihsen kai apedoto perizwmata de tois cananaiois²⁵stoma auths dihnoixen prosecontws kai ennomws kai taxin esteilato th glwssh auths²⁶iscun kai euprepeian enedusato kai eufranqh en hmerais escatais²⁷stegnai diatribai oikwn auths sita de oknhra ouk efagen²⁸to stoma de anoigei sofws kai nomoqesmws h de elehmosunh auths anesthsen ta tekna auths kai eplouthsan kai o anhr auths hnesen authn²⁹pollai qugateres ekthsanto plouton pollai epoihsan dunata su de uperkeisai kai uperhras pasas³⁰yeudeis areskeiai kai mataion kallos gunaikos gunh gar suneth eulogeitai fobon de kuriou auth aineitw³¹dote auth apo karpwn ceirwn auths kai aineisqw en pulais o anhr auths .

Chapter 32
¹autai ai paideiai salwmwntos ai adiakritoi as exegrayanto oi filoi ezekiou tou basilews ths ioudaias²doxa qeou kruptei logon doxa de basilews tima pragmata³ouranos uyhlos gh de baqeia kardia de basilews anexelegktos⁴tupte adokimon argurion kai kaqarisqhsetai kaqaron apan⁵kteine asebeis ek proswpou basilews kai katorqwsei en dikaiosunh o qronos autou⁶mh alazoneuou enwpion basilews mhde en topois dunastwn ufistaso⁷kreisson gar soi to rhqhnai anabaine pros me h tapeinwsai se en proswpw dunastou a eidon oi ofqalmoi sou lege⁸mh prospipte eis machn tacews ina mh metamelhqhs ep� escatwn hnika an se oneidish o sos filos⁹anacwrei eis ta opisw mh katafronei¹⁰mh se oneidish men o filos h de mach sou kai h ecqra ouk apestai all� estai soi ish qanatw¹⁰caris kai filia eleuqeroi as thrhson seautw ina mh eponeidistos genh alla fulaxon tas odous sou eusunallaktws¹¹mhlon crusoun en ormiskw sardiou outws eipein logon¹²eis enwtion crusoun sardion poluteles dedetai logos sofos eis euhkoon ous¹³wsper exodos cionos en amhtw kata kauma wfelei outws aggelos pistos tous aposteilantas auton yucas gar twn autw crwmenwn wfelei¹⁴wsper anemoi kai nefh kai uetoi epifanestatoi outws oi kaucwmenoi epi dosei yeudei¹⁵en makroqumia euodia basileusin glwssa de malakh suntribei osta¹⁶meli eurwn fage to ikanon mhpote plhsqeis exemeshs¹⁷spanion eisage son poda pros ton seautou filon mhpote plhsqeis sou mishsh se¹⁸ropalon kai macaira kai toxeuma akidwton outws kai anhr o katamarturwn tou filou autou marturian yeudh¹⁹odous kakou kai pous paranomou oleitai en hmera kakh²⁰wsper oxos elkei asumforon outws prospeson paqos en swmati kardian lupei²⁰wsper shs imatiw kai skwlhx xulw outws luph andros blaptei kardian²¹ean peina o ecqros sou trefe auton ean diya potize auton²²touto gar poiwn anqrakas puros swreuseis epi thn kefalhn autou o de kurios antapodwsei soi agaqa²³anemos boreas exegeirei nefh proswpon de anaides glwssan ereqizei²⁴kreitton oikein epi gwnias dwmatos h meta gunaikos loidorou en oikia koinh²⁵wsper udwr yucron yuch diywsh proshnes outws aggelia agaqh ek ghs makroqen²⁶wsper ei tis phghn frassoi kai udatos exodon lumainoito outws akosmon dikaion peptwkenai enwpion asebous²⁷esqiein meli polu ou kalon timan de crh logous endoxous²⁸wsper polis ta teich katabeblhmenh kai ateicistos outws anhr os ou meta boulhs ti prassei

Chapter 33
¹wsper drosos en amhtw kai wsper uetos en qerei outws ouk estin afroni timh²wsper ornea petatai kai strouqoi outws ara mataia ouk epeleusetai oudeni³wsper mastix ippw kai kentron onw outws rabdos eqnei paranomw⁴mh apokrinou afroni pros thn ekeinou afrosunhn ina mh omoios genh autw⁵alla apokrinou afroni kata thn afrosunhn autou ina mh fainhtai sofos par� eautw⁶ek twn eautou podwn oneidos pietai o aposteilas di� aggelou afronos logon⁷afelou poreian skelwn kai paroimian ek stomatos afronwn⁸os apodesmeuei liqon en sfendonh omoios estin tw didonti afroni doxan⁹akanqai fuontai en ceiri tou mequsou douleia de en ceiri twn afronwn¹⁰polla ceimazetai pasa sarx afronwn suntribetai gar h ekstasis autwn¹¹wsper kuwn otan epelqh epi ton eautou emeton kai mishtos genhtai outws afrwn th eautou kakia anastreyas epi thn eautou amartian¹¹estin aiscunh epagousa amartian kai estin aiscunh doxa kai caris¹²eidon andra doxanta par� eautw sofon einai elpida mentoi escen mallon afrwn autou¹³legei oknhros apostellomenos eis odon lewn en tais odois¹⁴wsper qura strefetai epi tou strofiggos outws oknhros epi ths klinhs autou¹⁵kruyas oknhros thn ceira en tw kolpw autou ou dunhsetai epenegkein epi to stoma¹⁶sofwteros eautw oknhros fainetai tou en plhsmonh apokomizontos aggelian¹⁷wsper o kratwn kerkou kunos outws o proestws allotrias krisews¹⁸wsper oi iwmenoi proballousin logous eis anqrwpous o de apanthsas tw logw prwtos uposkelisqhsetai¹⁹outws pantes oi enedreuontes tous eautwn filous otan de fwraqwsin legousin oti paizwn epraxa²⁰en pollois xulois qallei pur opou de ouk estin diqumos hsucazei mach²¹escara anqraxin kai xula puri anhr de loidoros eis tarachn machs²²logoi kerkwpwn malakoi outoi de tuptousin eis tamieia splagcnwn²³argurion didomenon meta dolou wsper ostrakon hghteon ceilh leia kardian kaluptei luphran²⁴ceilesin panta epineuei apoklaiomenos ecqros en de th kardia tektainetai dolous²⁵ean sou dehtai o ecqros megalh th fwnh mh peisqhs epta gar eisin ponhriai en th yuch autou²⁶o kruptwn ecqran sunisthsin dolon ekkaluptei de tas eautou amartias eugnwstos en sunedriois²⁷o orusswn boqron tw plhsion empeseitai eis auton o de kuliwn liqon ef� eauton kuliei²⁸glwssa yeudhs misei alhqeian stoma de astegon poiei akatastasias

Chapter 34
¹mh kaucw ta eis aurion ou gar ginwskeis ti texetai h epiousa²egkwmiazetw se o pelas kai mh to son stoma allotrios kai mh ta sa ceilh³baru liqos kai dusbastakton ammos orgh de afronos barutera amfoterwn⁴anelehmwn qumos kai oxeia orgh all� oudena ufistatai zhlos⁵kreissous elegcoi apokekalummenoi kruptomenhs filias⁶axiopistotera estin traumata filou h ekousia filhmata ecqrou⁷yuch en plhsmonh ousa khriois empaizei yuch de endeei kai ta pikra glukeia fainetai⁸wsper otan orneon katapetasqh ek ths idias nossias outws anqrwpos douloutai otan apoxenwqh ek twn idiwn topwn⁹murois kai oinois kai qumiamasin terpetai kardia katarrhgnutai de upo sumptwmatwn yuch¹⁰filon son h filon patrwon mh egkataliphs eis de ton oikon tou adelfou sou mh eiselqhs atucwn kreisswn filos eggus h adelfos makran oikwn¹¹sofos ginou uie ina eufrainhtai mou h kardia kai apostreyon apo sou eponeidistous logous¹²panourgos kakwn epercomenwn apekrubh afrones de epelqontes zhmian teisousin¹³afelou to imation autou parhlqen gar ubrisths ostis ta allotria lumainetai¹⁴os an eulogh filon to prwi megalh th fwnh katarwmenou ouden diaferein doxei¹⁵stagones ekballousin anqrwpon en hmera ceimerinh ek tou oikou autou wsautws kai gunh loidoros ek tou idiou oikou¹⁶boreas sklhros anemos onomati de epidexios kaleitai¹⁷sidhros sidhron oxunei anhr de paroxunei proswpon etairou¹⁸os futeuei sukhn fagetai tous karpous auths os de fulassei ton eautou kurion timhqhsetai¹⁹wsper ouc omoia proswpa proswpois outws oude ai kardiai twn anqrwpwn²⁰adhs kai apwleia ouk empimplantai wsautws kai oi ofqalmoi twn anqrwpwn aplhstoi²⁰bdelugma kuriw sthrizwn ofqalmon kai oi apaideutoi akrateis glwssh²¹dokimion argurw kai crusw purwsis anhr de dokimazetai dia stomatos egkwmiazontwn auton²¹kardia anomou ekzhtei kaka kardia de euqhs ekzhtei gnwsin²²ean mastigois afrona en mesw sunedriou atimazwn ou mh perielhs thn afrosunhn autou²³gnwstws epignwsh yucas poimniou sou kai episthseis kardian sou sais agelais²⁴oti ou ton aiwna andri kratos kai iscus oude paradidwsin ek geneas eis genean²⁵epimelou twn en tw pediw clwrwn kai kereis poan kai sunage corton oreinon²⁶ina echs probata eis imatismon tima pedion ina wsin soi arnes²⁷uie par� emou eceis rhseis iscuras eis thn zwhn sou kai eis thn zwhn swn qerapontwn

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¹feugei asebhs mhdenos diwkontos dikaios de wsper lewn pepoiqen²di� amartias asebwn kriseis egeirontai anhr de panourgos katasbesei autas³andreios en asebeiais sukofantei ptwcous wsper uetos labros kai anwfelhs⁴outws oi egkataleipontes ton nomon egkwmiazousin asebeian oi de agapwntes ton nomon periballousin eautois teicos⁵andres kakoi ou nohsousin krima oi de zhtountes ton kurion sunhsousin en panti⁶kreisswn ptwcos poreuomenos en alhqeia plousiou yeudous⁷fulassei nomon uios sunetos os de poimainei aswtian atimazei patera⁸o plhqunwn ton plouton autou meta tokwn kai pleonasmwn tw elewnti ptwcous sunagei auton⁹o ekklinwn to ous autou tou mh eisakousai nomou kai autos thn proseuchn autou ebdeluktai¹⁰os plana euqeis en odw kakh eis diafqoran autos empeseitai oi de anomoi dieleusontai agaqa kai ouk eiseleusontai eis auta¹¹sofos par� eautw anhr plousios penhs de nohmwn katagnwsetai autou¹²dia bohqeian dikaiwn pollh ginetai doxa en de topois asebwn aliskontai anqrwpoi¹³o epikaluptwn asebeian eautou ouk euodwqhsetai o de exhgoumenos elegcous agaphqhsetai¹⁴makarios anhr os katapthssei panta di� eulabeian o de sklhros thn kardian empeseitai kakois¹⁵lewn peinwn kai lukos diywn os turannei ptwcos wn eqnous penicrou¹⁶basileus endehs prosodwn megas sukofanths o de miswn adikian makron cronon zhsetai¹⁷andra ton en aitia fonou o egguwmenos fugas estai kai ouk en asfaleia¹⁷paideue uion kai agaphsei se kai dwsei kosmon th sh yuch ou mh upakoushs eqnei paranomw¹⁸o poreuomenos dikaiws bebohqhtai o de skoliais odois poreuomenos emplakhsetai¹⁹o ergazomenos thn eautou ghn plhsqhsetai artwn o de diwkwn scolhn plhsqhsetai penias²⁰anhr axiopistos polla euloghqhsetai o de kakos ouk atimwrhtos estai²¹os ouk aiscunetai proswpa dikaiwn ouk agaqos o toioutos ywmou artou apodwsetai andra²²speudei ploutein anhr baskanos kai ouk oiden oti elehmwn krathsei autou²³o elegcwn anqrwpou odous caritas exei mallon tou glwssocaritountos²⁴os apoballetai patera h mhtera kai dokei mh amartanein outos koinwnos estin andros asebous²⁵aplhstos anhr krinei eikh os de pepoiqen epi kurion en epimeleia estai²⁶os pepoiqen qraseia kardia o toioutos afrwn os de poreuetai sofia swqhsetai²⁷os didwsin ptwcois ouk endehqhsetai os de apostrefei ton ofqalmon autou en pollh aporia estai²⁸en topois asebwn stenousi dikaioi en de th ekeinwn apwleia plhqunqhsontai dikaioi

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¹kreisswn anhr elegcwn andros sklhrotrachlou exapinhs gar flegomenou autou ouk estin iasis²egkwmiazomenwn dikaiwn eufranqhsontai laoi arcontwn de asebwn stenousin andres³andros filountos sofian eufrainetai pathr autou os de poimainei pornas apolei plouton⁴basileus dikaios anisthsin cwran anhr de paranomos kataskaptei⁵os paraskeuazetai epi proswpon tou eautou filou diktuon periballei auto tois eautou posin⁶amartanonti andri megalh pagis dikaios de en cara kai en eufrosunh estai⁷epistatai dikaios krinein penicrois o de asebhs ou sunhsei gnwsin kai ptwcw ouc uparcei nous epignwmwn⁸andres loimoi exekausan polin sofoi de apestreyan orghn⁹anhr sofos krinei eqnh anhr de faulos orgizomenos katagelatai kai ou katapthssei¹⁰andres aimatwn metocoi mishsousin osion oi de euqeis ekzhthsousin yuchn autou¹¹olon ton qumon autou ekferei afrwn sofos de tamieuetai kata meros¹²basilews upakouontos logon adikon pantes oi up� auton paranomoi¹³danistou kai creofeiletou allhlois sunelqontwn episkophn poieitai amfoterwn o kurios¹⁴basilews en alhqeia krinontos ptwcous o qronos autou eis marturion katastaqhsetai¹⁵plhgai kai elegcoi didoasin sofian pais de planwmenos aiscunei goneis autou¹⁶pollwn ontwn asebwn pollai ginontai amartiai oi de dikaioi ekeinwn piptontwn katafoboi ginontai¹⁷paideue uion sou kai anapausei se kai dwsei kosmon th yuch sou¹⁸ou mh uparxh exhghths eqnei paranomw o de fulasswn ton nomon makaristos¹⁹logois ou paideuqhsetai oikeths sklhros ean gar kai nohsh all� ouc upakousetai²⁰ean idhs andra tacun en logois ginwske oti elpida ecei mallon afrwn autou²¹os kataspatala ek paidos oikeths estai escaton de odunhqhsetai ef� eautw²²anhr qumwdhs orussei neikos anhr de orgilos exwruxen amartias²³ubris andra tapeinoi tous de tapeinofronas ereidei doxh kurios²⁴os merizetai klepth misei thn eautou yuchn ean de orkou proteqentos akousantes mh anaggeilwsin²⁵fobhqentes kai aiscunqentes anqrwpous upeskelisqhsan o de pepoiqws epi kurion eufranqhsetai asebeia andri didwsin sfalma os de pepoiqen epi tw despoth swqhsetai²⁶polloi qerapeuousin proswpa hgoumenwn para de kuriou ginetai to dikaion andri²⁷bdelugma dikaiois anhr adikos bdelugma de anomw kateuqunousa odos