The Koine Bible

The wisdom of a humble man will exalt his head, and among great men it will seat him.

Do not praise a man in his beauty, and do not abhor a person in his appearance.

Small among birds is the bee, and the beginning of sweet things is its fruit.

Do not boast in a robe of garments, and in a day of glory do not exalt yourself, because marvelous are the works of the Lord, and hidden are his works from men.

Many tyrants sat on the ground, but one unexpected man wore a diadem.

Many mighty men were greatly dishonored, and glorious men were handed over into the hands of others

Before you examine, do not find fault; first understand, and then rebuke.

Before you hear, do not answer, and in the midst of words do not interrupt.

About a matter for which there is no need to you, do not quarrel, and in the judgment of sinners do not sit together.

My child, let your activities not be about many things; if you multiply them, you will not be held innocent, and if you pursue, you will certainly not overtake, and you will certainly not escape by fleeing away.

There is one laboring and toiling and hurrying, and so much the more he falls short.

There is one who is slow and needing help, lacking in strength and abounding in poverty; and the eyes of the Lord looked upon him for good, and he set him upright from his humiliation.

And he raised up his head, and many wondered at him.

Good and evil, life and death, poverty and wealth are from the Lord.

The gift of the Lord remains with the godly, and his goodwill will prosper forever.

There is one who grows rich from caution and stinginess, and this is his share of his wage.

When he says, I have found rest, and now I will eat from my good things, and he does not know what time will pass by and leave them to others, and he will die

Stand in your covenant and speak in it, and in your work grow old.

Do not marvel at the works of a sinner, but trust in the Lord and remain in your toil, because it is easy in the eyes of the Lord suddenly to make a poor man rich

The blessing of the Lord is in the reward of the pious, and in the time of swift season it blossoms again his blessing.

Do not say, What is my need? and for whom will my good things be from now on?

Do not say, It is enough for me, and what from now on shall I be harmed?

In a day of good things, forgetfulness of evils, and in a day of evils, he will not remember good things.

For it is light before the Lord in a day of death to repay a man according to his ways

Suffering in the time makes forgetfulness of luxury, and at the end of a man the unveiling of his works

Before death, do not call any man blessed, and a man will be known in his children.

Do not bring every man into your house, for many are the snares of the crafty one.

A partridge is a hunter in a cage; so is the heart of a proud man, and like the spy it watches for a fall

For he lies in wait, turning good things into evil, and upon the chosen things he will lay blame.

From a spark of fire, a coal-bed is multiplied, and a sinful man lies in wait for blood

Beware of a worker of evil, for he devises wicked things, lest he give you a blemish forever

Lodge a stranger, and he will overturn you in troubles and will alienate you from your own things.