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# Proverbs 14

Proverbs 14 is chapter 14 of 31 in the Book of Proverbs. Here are all 35 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

## Proverbs 14 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A wise woman builds up her household. But a foolish one will pull down with her own hands what has been built up.
2. One who walks on a virtuous journey, and who fears God, is despised by him who advances along a disreputable way.
3. In the mouth of the foolish, there is a rod of arrogance. But the lips of the wise guard them.
4. Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty. But where there are many crops, there the strength of the ox is manifest.
5. A faithful witness will not lie. But a deceitful witness offers a lie.
6. A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible.
7. Go against a foolish man, and he does not acknowledge lips of prudence.
8. The wisdom of a discerning man is to understand his way. And the imprudence of the foolish is to be wandering astray.
9. The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just.
10. The heart that knows the bitterness of its own soul, in its gladness the outsider shall not meddle.
11. The house of the impious will be wiped away. Yet truly, the tabernacles of the just shall spring forth.
12. There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death.
13. Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning occupies the limits of joy.
14. The foolish will be filled up by his own ways. And the good man shall be above him.
15. The innocent trust every word. The astute one considers his own steps. Nothing good will be for the deceitful son. But the wise servant shall act prosperously and his way will be set in order.
16. The wise fear, and so turn away from evil. The foolish leap ahead with confidence.
17. The impatient will work foolishness. And a resourceful man is hated.
18. The childish will possess foolishness, and the discerning will anticipate knowledge.
19. The evil will fall down before the good. And the impious will fall down before the gates of the just.
20. The pauper will be hated, even by his own neighbor. Yet truly, the friends of the wealthy are many.
21. Whoever despises his neighbor, sins. But whoever pities the poor shall be blessed. Whoever trusts in the Lord loves mercy.
22. They wander astray who work evil. But mercy and truth prepare good things.
23. In every work, there shall be abundance. But where there are many words, there is often need.
24. The crown of the wise is their wealth. The senselessness of the foolish is imprudence.
25. A faithful witness frees souls. And the chameleon utters lies.
26. In the fear of the Lord is the faithfulness of strength, and there shall be hope for his sons.
27. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, so as to turn aside from the ruin of death.
28. In a multitude of people, there is dignity for the king. And in a paucity of people, there is disgrace for the prince.
29. Whoever is patient is governed by much prudence. But whoever is impatient exalts his foolishness.
30. The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones.
31. Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.
32. The impious will be expelled in his malice. But the just finds hope even in his own death.
33. In the heart of the prudent, wisdom finds rest. And so shall he instruct all the uneducated.
34. Justice elevates a nation. But sin makes the peoples miserable.
35. An intelligent minister is acceptable to the king. Whoever is useless shall bear his wrath.

## Proverbs 14 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Sapiens mulier ædificat domum suam; insipiens exstructam quoque manibus destruet.
2. Ambulans recto itinere, et timens Deum, despicitur ab eo qui infami graditur via.
3. In ore stulti virga superbiæ; labia autem sapientium custodiunt eos.
4. Ubi non sunt boves, præsepe vacuum est; ubi autem plurimæ segetes, ibi manifesta est fortitudo bovis.
5. Testis fidelis non mentitur; profert autem mendacium dolosus testis.
6. Quærit derisor sapientiam, et non invenit; doctrina prudentium facilis.
7. Vade contra virum stultum, et nescit labia prudentiæ.
8. Sapientia callidi est intelligere viam suam, et imprudentia stultorum errans.
9. Stultus illudet peccatum, et inter justos morabitur gratia.
10. Cor quod novit amaritudinem animæ suæ, in gaudio ejus non miscebitur extraneus.
11. Domus impiorum delebitur: tabernacula vero justorum germinabunt.
12. Est via quæ videtur homini justa, novissima autem ejus deducunt ad mortem.
13. Risus dolore miscebitur, et extrema gaudii luctus occupat.
14. Viis suis replebitur stultus, et super eum erit vir bonus.
15. Innocens credit omni verbo; astutus considerat gressus suos. Filio doloso nihil erit boni; servo autem sapienti prosperi erunt actus, et dirigetur via ejus.
16. Sapiens timet, et declinat a malo; stultus transilit, et confidit.
17. Impatiens operabitur stultitiam, et vir versutus odiosus est.
18. Possidebunt parvuli stultitiam, et exspectabunt astuti scientiam.
19. Jacebunt mali ante bonos, et impii ante portas justorum.
20. Etiam proximo suo pauper odiosus erit: amici vero divitum multi.
21. Qui despicit proximum suum peccat; qui autem miseretur pauperis beatus erit. Qui credit in Domino misericordiam diligit.
22. Errant qui operantur malum; misericordia et veritas præparant bona.
23. In omni opere erit abundantia; ubi autem verba sunt plurima, ibi frequenter egestas.
24. Corona sapientium divitiæ eorum; fatuitas stultorum imprudentia.
25. Liberat animas testis fidelis, et profert mendacia versipellis.
26. In timore Domini fiducia fortitudinis, et filiis ejus erit spes.
27. Timor Domini fons vitæ, ut declinent a ruina mortis.
28. In multitudine populi dignitas regis, et in paucitate plebis ignominia principis.
29. Qui patiens est multa gubernatur prudentia; qui autem impatiens est exaltat stultitiam suam.
30. Vita carnium sanitas cordis; putredo ossium invidia.
31. Qui calumniatur egentem exprobrat factori ejus; honorat autem eum qui miseretur pauperis.
32. In malitia sua expelletur impius: sperat autem justus in morte sua.
33. In corde prudentis requiescit sapientia, et indoctos quosque erudiet.
34. Justitia elevat gentem; miseros autem facit populos peccatum.
35. Acceptus est regi minister intelligens; iracundiam ejus inutilis sustinebit.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1806: The Human Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).