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[1] O Lord, Father and Master of my life,
don’t abandon me to their counsel.
Don’t let me fall because of them.
[2] Who will set scourges over my thought,
and a discipline of wisdom over my heart,
that they spare me not for my errors,
and not overlook their sins?
[3] Otherwise my errors might be multiplied,
and my sins abound,
I fall before my adversaries,
and my enemy rejoice over me.ⓘ
[4] O Lord, Father and God of my life,
don’t give me a haughty eyes,ⓘ
[5] and turn away evil desire from me.ⓘ
[6] Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me.
Don’t give me over to a shameless mind. [7] Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth.
He who keeps it will not be caught.
[8] The sinner will be overpowered through his lips.
By them, the insulter and the arrogant will stumble.
[9] Don’t accustom your mouth to an oath,
and don’t be accustomed to naming the Holy One,
[10] for as a servant who is continually scourged will not lack bruises,
so he also who swears and continually utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin.
[11] A man of many oaths will be filled with iniquity.
The scourge will not depart from his house.
If he offends, his sin will be upon him.
If he disregards it, he has sinned doubly.
If he has sworn falsely, he will not be justified,
for his house will be filled with calamities. [12] There is a manner of speech that is clothed with death.
Let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob,
for all these things will be far from the godly,
and they will not wallow in sins.
[13] Don’t accustom your mouth to gross rudeness,
for it involves sinful speech.
[14] Remember your father and your mother,
for you sit in the midst of great men,
that you be not forgetful before them,
and become a fool by your bad habit;
so you may wish that you had not been born,
and curse the day of your birth.
[15] A man who is accustomed to abusive language
won’t be corrected all the days of his life. [16] Two sorts of people multiply sins,
and the third will bring wrath:
a hot passion, like a burning fire, will not be quenched until it is consumed;
a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease until he has burned out the fire.
[17] All bread is sweet to a fornicator.
He will not cease until he dies.
[18] A man who goes astray from his own marriage bed
says in his heart, “Who sees me?
Darkness is around me, and the walls hide me.
No one sees me. Of whom am I afraid?
The Most High will not remember my sins.”
[19] The eyes of men are his terror.
He doesn’t know that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun,
seeing all the ways of men,
and looking into secret places.
[20] All things were known to him before they were created,
and also after they were completed.
[21] This man will be punished in the streets of the city.
He will be seized where he least expects it. [22] So also is a wife who leaves her husband,
and produces an heir by another man.
[23] For first, she was disobedient in the law of the Most High.
Second, she trespassed against her own husband.
Third, she played the adulteress in fornication,
and had children by another man.
[24] She shall be brought out into the congregation.
Her punishment will extend to her children.
[25] Her children will not take root.
Her branches will bear no fruit.
[26] She will leave her memory for a curse.
Her reproach won’t be blotted out.
[27] And those who are left behind will know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord,
and nothing sweeter than to heed the commandments of the Lord. [28] ⓘ

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 23:3 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
  2. ⓘ 23:4 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
  3. ⓘ 23:5 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
  4. ⓘ 23:28 Verse 28 is omitted by the best authorities.
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Septuaginta
[1] Κύριε G2962 πάτερ G3962 καὶ G2532 δέσποτα G1203 ζωῆς G2222 μου, G3450 μὴ G3361 ἐγκαταλίπῃς G1459 με G3165 ἐν G1722 βουλῇ G1012 αὐτῶν, G846 μὴ G3361 ἀφῇς G863 με G3165 πεσεῖν G4098 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς. G846 [2] Τίς G5101 ἐπιστήσει G2186 ἐπὶ G1909 τοῦ G3588 διανοήματός G1270 μου G3450 μάστιγας G3148 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 καρδίας G2588 μου G3450 παιδείαν G3809 σοφίας, G4678 ἵνα G2443 ἐπὶ G1909 τοῖς G3588 ἀγνοήμασίν G51 μου G3450 μὴ G3361 φείσωνται G5339 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 παρῇ G3918 τὰ G3588 ἁμαρτήματα G265 αὐτῶν, G846 [3] ὅπως G3704 μὴ G3361 πληθυνθῶσιν G4129 αἱ G3588 ἄγνοιαί G52 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 αἱ G3588 ἁμαρτίαι G266 μου G3450 πλεονάσωσιν G4121 καὶ G2532 πεσοῦμαι G4098 ἔναντι G1725 τῶν G3588 ὑπεναντίων G5227 καὶ G2532 ἐπιχαρεῖταί μοι G3427 ὁ G3588 ἐχθρός G2190 μου; G3450 [4] Κύριε G2962 πάτερ G3962 καὶ G2532 θεὲ G2316 ζωῆς G2222 μου, G3450 μετεωρισμὸν ὀφθαλμῶν G3788 μὴ G3361 δῷς G1325 μοι G3427 [5] καὶ G2532 ἐπιθυμίαν G1939 ἀπόστρεψον G654 ἀπ’ G575 ἐμοῦ· G1699 [6] κοιλίας G2836 ὄρεξις G3715 καὶ G2532 συνουσιασμὸς μὴ G3361 καταλαβέτωσάν G2638 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 ψυχῇ G5590 ἀναιδεῖ μὴ G3361 παραδῷς G3860 με. G3165 [7] Παιδείαν G3809 στόματος G4750 ἀκούσατε, G191 τέκνα, G5043 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 φυλάσσων G5442 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἁλῷ. [8] Ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 χείλεσιν G5491 αὐτοῦ G846 καταληφθήσεται G2638 ἁμαρτωλός, G268 καὶ G2532 λοίδορος G3060 καὶ G2532 ὑπερήφανος G5244 σκανδαλισθήσονται G4624 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς. G846 [9] Ὅρκῳ G3727 μὴ G3361 ἐθίσῃς G1480 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ὀνομασίᾳ τοῦ G3588 ἁγίου G40 μὴ G3361 συνεθισθῇς· [10] ὥσπερ G5618 γὰρ G1063 οἰκέτης G3610 ἐξεταζόμενος G1833 ἐνδελεχῶς ἀπὸ G575 μώλωπος G3468 οὐκ G3756 ἐλαττωθήσεται, G1642 οὕτως G3779 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ὀμνύων G3660 καὶ G2532 ὀνομάζων G3687 διὰ G1223 παντὸς G3956 ἀπὸ G575 ἁμαρτίας G266 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 καθαρισθῇ. G2511 [11] Ἀνὴρ G435 πολύορκος πλησθήσεται G4130 ἀνομίας, G458 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἀποστήσεται G868 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 οἴκου G3624 αὐτοῦ G846 μάστιξ· G3148 ἐὰν G1437 πλημμελήσῃ, ἁμαρτία G266 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτῷ, G846 κἂν G2579 ὑπερίδῃ, G5237 ἥμαρτεν G264 δισσῶς· καὶ G2532 εἰ G1487 διὰ G1223 κενῆς G2756 ὤμοσεν, G3660 οὐ G3756 δικαιωθήσεται, G1344 πλησθήσεται G4130 γὰρ G1063 ἐπαγωγῶν ὁ G3588 οἶκος G3624 αὐτοῦ. G846 [12] Ἔστιν G2076 λέξις ἀντιπαραβεβλημένη θανάτῳ, G2288 μὴ G3361 εὑρεθήτω G2147 ἐν G1722 κληρονομίᾳ G2817 Ιακωβ· G2384 ἀπὸ G575 γὰρ G1063 εὐσεβῶν G2152 ταῦτα G5023 πάντα G3956 ἀποστήσεται, G868 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ἁμαρτίαις G266 οὐκ G3756 ἐγκυλισθήσονται. [13] Ἀπαιδευσίαν ἀσυρῆ μὴ G3361 συνεθίσῃς τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 σου· G4675 ἔστιν G2076 γὰρ G1063 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ G846 λόγος G3056 ἁμαρτίας. G266 [14] Μνήσθητι G3415 πατρὸς G3962 καὶ G2532 μητρός G3384 σου, G4675 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 γὰρ G1063 μεγιστάνων G3175 συνεδρεύεις, μήποτε G3379 ἐπιλάθῃ G1950 ἐνώπιον G1799 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 ἐθισμῷ σου G4675 μωρανθῇς G3471 καὶ G2532 θελήσεις G2309 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 ἐγεννήθης G1080 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 ἡμέραν G2250 τοῦ G3588 τοκετοῦ σου G4675 καταράσῃ. G2672 [15] Ἄνθρωπος G444 συνεθιζόμενος λόγοις G3056 ὀνειδισμοῦ G3680 ἐν G1722 πάσαις G3956 ταῖς G3588 ἡμέραις G2250 αὐτοῦ G846 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 παιδευθῇ. G3811 [16] Δύο G1417 εἴδη G1491 πληθύνουσιν G4129 ἁμαρτίας, G266 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 τρίτον G5154 ἐπάξει G1863 ὀργήν· G3709 [17] ψυχὴ G5590 θερμὴ ὡς G5613 πῦρ G4442 καιόμενον, G2545 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 σβεσθῇ G4570 ἕως G2193 ἂν G302 καταποθῇ· G2666 ἄνθρωπος G444 πόρνος G4205 ἐν G1722 σώματι G4983 σαρκὸς G4561 αὐτοῦ, G846 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 παύσηται G3973 ἕως G2193 ἂν G302 ἐκκαύσῃ G1572 πῦρ· G4442 ἀνθρώπῳ G444 πόρνῳ G4205 πᾶς G3956 ἄρτος G740 ἡδύς, οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 κοπάσῃ G2869 ἕως G2193 ἂν G302 τελευτήσῃ. G5053 [18] Ἄνθρωπος G444 παραβαίνων G3845 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 κλίνης G2825 αὐτοῦ G846 λέγων G3004 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ψυχῇ G5590 αὐτοῦ G846 Τίς G5101 με G3165 ὁρᾷ; G3708 Σκότος G4655 κύκλῳ G2945 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 τοῖχοί G5109 με G3165 καλύπτουσιν, G2572 καὶ G2532 οὐθείς G3762 με G3165 ὁρᾷ· G3708 τί G5101 εὐλαβοῦμαι; G2125 Τῶν G3588 ἁμαρτιῶν G266 μου G3450 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 μνησθήσεται ὁ G3588 ὕψιστος. G5310 [19] Καὶ G2532 ὀφθαλμοὶ G3788 ἀνθρώπων G444 ὁ G3588 φόβος G5401 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνω G1097 ὅτι G3754 ὀφθαλμοὶ G3788 κυρίου G2962 μυριοπλασίως ἡλίου G2246 φωτεινότεροι G5460 ἐπιβλέποντες G1914 πάσας G3956 ὁδοὺς G3598 ἀνθρώπων G444 καὶ G2532 κατανοοῦντες G2657 εἰς G1519 ἀπόκρυφα G614 μέρη. G3313 [20] Πρὶν G4250 ἢ G2228 κτισθῆναι G2936 τὰ G3588 πάντα G3956 ἔγνωσται G1097 αὐτῷ, G846 οὕτως G3779 καὶ G2532 μετὰ G3326 τὸ G3588 συντελεσθῆναι. G4931 [21] Οὗτος G3778 ἐν G1722 πλατείαις G4116 πόλεως G4172 ἐκδικηθήσεται, G1556 καὶ G2532 οὗ G3757 οὐχ G3756 ὑπενόησεν, G5282 πιασθήσεται. G4084 [22] Οὕτως G3779 καὶ G2532 γυνὴ G1135 καταλιποῦσα G2641 τὸν G3588 ἄνδρα G435 καὶ G2532 παριστῶσα G3936 κληρονόμον G2818 ἐξ G1537 ἀλλοτρίου. G245 [23] Πρῶτον G4412 μὲν G3303 γὰρ G1063 ἐν G1722 νόμῳ G3551 ὑψίστου G5310 ἠπείθησεν, G544 καὶ G2532 δεύτερον G1208 εἰς G1519 ἄνδρα G435 αὐτῆς G846 ἐπλημμέλησεν, καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 τρίτον G5154 ἐν G1722 πορνείᾳ G4202 ἐμοιχεύθη G3431 καὶ G2532 ἐξ G1537 ἀλλοτρίου G245 ἀνδρὸς G435 τέκνα G5043 παρέστησεν. G3936 [24] Αὕτη G3778 εἰς G1519 ἐκκλησίαν G1577 ἐξαχθήσεται, G1806 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰ G3588 τέκνα G5043 αὐτῆς G846 ἐπισκοπὴ G1984 ἔσται. G2071 [25] Οὐ G3756 διαδώσουσιν G1239 τὰ G3588 τέκνα G5043 αὐτῆς G846 εἰς G1519 ῥίζαν, G4491 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 κλάδοι G2798 αὐτῆς G846 οὐκ G3756 οἴσουσιν G5342 καρπόν. G2590 [26] Καταλείψει G2641 εἰς G1519 κατάραν G2671 τὸ G3588 μνημόσυνον G3422 αὐτῆς, G846 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ὄνειδος G3681 αὐτῆς G846 οὐκ G3756 ἐξαλειφθήσεται, G1813 [27] καὶ G2532 ἐπιγνώσονται G1921 οἱ G3588 καταλειφθέντες G2641 ὅτι G3754 οὐθὲν G3762 κρεῖττον G2909 φόβου G5401 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 οὐθὲν G3762 γλυκύτερον G1099 τοῦ G3588 προσέχειν G4337 ἐντολαῖς G1785 κυρίου. G2962
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament