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Cambia Bibbia
NEW AMERICAN BIBLE | DIODATI |
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1 Every friend declares his friendship, but there are friends who are friends in name only. | |
2 Is it not a sorrow unto death when your bosom companion becomes your enemy? | |
3 "Alas, my companion! Why were you created to blanket the earth with deceit?" | |
4 A false friend will share your joys, but in time of trouble he stands afar off. | |
5 A true friend will fight with you against the foe, against your enemies he will be your shield-bearer. | |
6 Forget not your comrade during the battle, and neglect him not when you distribute your spoils. | |
7 Every counselor points out a way, but some counsel ways of their own; | |
8 Be on the alert when one proffers advice, find out first of all what he wants. For he may be thinking of himself alone; why should the profit fall to him? | |
9 He may tell you how good your way will be, and then stand by to watch your misfortune. | |
10 Seek no advice from one who regards you with hostility; from those who envy you, keep your intentions hidden. | |
11 Speak not to a woman about her rival, nor to a coward about war, to a merchant about business, to a buyer about value, to a miser about generosity, to a cruel man about mercy, to a lazy man about work, to a seasonal laborer about the harvest, to an idle slave about a great task: pay no attention to any advice they give. | |
12 Instead, associate with a religious man, who you are sure keeps the commandments; Who is like-minded with yourself and will feel for you if you fall. | |
13 Then, too, heed your own heart's counsel; for what have you that you can depend on more? | |
14 A man's conscience can tell him his situation better than seven watchmen in a lofty tower. | |
15 Most important of all, pray to God to set your feet in the path of truth. | |
16 A word is the source of every deed; a thought, of every act. | |
17 The root of all conduct is the mind; four branches it shoots forth: | |
18 Good and evil, death and life, their absolute mistress is the tongue. | |
19 A man may be wise and benefit many, yet be of no use to himself. | |
20 Though a man may be wise, if his words are rejected he will be deprived of all enjoyment. | |
21 When a man is wise to his own advantage, the fruits of his knowledge are seen in his own person; | |
22 When a man is wise to his people's advantage, the fruits of his knowledge are enduring: | |
23 Limited are the days of one man's life, but the life of Israel is days without number. | |
24 One wise for himself has full enjoyment, and all who see him praise him; | |
25 One wise for his people wins a heritage of glory, and his name endures forever. | |
26 My son, while you are well, govern your appetite so that you allow it not what is bad for you; | |
27 For not every food is good for everyone, nor is everything suited to every taste. | |
28 Be not drawn after every enjoyment, neither become a glutton for choice foods, | |
29 For sickness comes with overeating, and gluttony brings on biliousness. | |
30 Through lack of self-control many have died, but the abstemious man prolongs his life. |