The Koine Bible

There is a rebuke that is not handsome, and there is one being silent, and he himself is prudent.

How good it is to reprove rather than to be angry

and the one giving thanks from a deficiency will be hindered

The desire of a eunuch is to deflower a young woman; so is he who does judgments by violence

There is one found wise by being silent, and there is one hated because of much talking.

There is one keeping silent, for he has not an answer, and there is one keeping silent, knowing the right time

A wise man will keep silent until the right time, but a chatterer and fool will overstep the right time.

The one abounding in words will be abhorred, and the one who exercises authority will be hated.

There is prosperity in misfortunes for a man, and there is a finding for diminution

There is a gift that will not profit you, and there is a gift whose recompense is double

There is a lowering for the sake of glory, and there is one who from humiliation lifted up his head

There is one buying many things for little and paying them back sevenfold.

A wise man will make himself beloved by words, but the favors of fools will be poured out.

The gift of a fool will not profit you, for his eyes are many instead of one.

He will give little and reproach much, and he will open his mouth as a herald; today he will lend and tomorrow he will demand it back: a hateful man is such as this.

A fool will say, I do not have a friend, and there is no favor among my good things.

Those who eat his bread are evil with their tongue; how often also will those who laugh at him?

A slipping from the ground is better than from a tongue; so a fall of the wicked will come suddenly.

A graceless man, an untimely tale, in the mouth of the uneducated will be repeated endlessly.

From the mouth of a fool a proverb will be rejected, for he will surely not speak it in its season

There is one being restrained from sinning because of want, and in his rest he will not be pierced to the heart.

There is one who destroys his soul through shame, and from a foolish face he will destroy it.

There is one who, for shame’s sake, promises to a friend and acquires him as an enemy for nothing.

A disgraceful blame in a man: a lie in the mouth of the uneducated will be made continual.

Better is a thief than one who is persistent in lies; but both shall inherit destruction

The conduct of a lying man is dishonor, and his shame is with him continually.

A wise man in words will advance himself, and a prudent man will please great men.

The one working the land will increase his heap, and the one pleasing great men will make atonement for injustice.

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and like a muzzle in the mouth it turns away rebukes.

Wisdom hidden and a treasure unseen—what profit is in both?

Better is a man hiding his folly than a man hiding his wisdom