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Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands. See also: Proverbs 31:10-31Proverbs 24:3-4Proverbs 21:9He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him. See also: 2 Timothy 3:2-3Acts 10:35Proverbs 28:6The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them. See also: Proverbs 12:6James 3:5-6Revelation 12:11Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox. See also: 1 Corinthians 9:9-11Proverbs 13:23Amos 4:6A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies. See also: Proverbs 19:5Exodus 23:1Proverbs 6:19A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person. See also: James 1:5Matthew 13:11-12Matthew 11:25-27Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips. See also: Proverbs 13:20Ephesians 5:11Proverbs 9:6The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit. See also: Ephesians 5:172 Timothy 3:13James 3:13Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will. See also: Romans 14:17-18Proverbs 26:18-19Proverbs 10:23The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger. See also: Philippians 4:7Proverbs 18:14Proverbs 15:13The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish. See also: Proverbs 3:33Proverbs 12:7Matthew 7:26-27There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. See also: Proverbs 16:25Matthew 7:13-14Proverbs 12:15Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness. See also: Ecclesiastes 2:2James 4:9Ecclesiastes 11:9The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways. See also: Galatians 6:8Proverbs 12:14Hebrews 3:12A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways. See also: Ephesians 5:17Proverbs 14:81 John 4:1A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless. See also: Proverbs 22:3Proverbs 3:71 Thessalonians 5:22He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated. See also: Proverbs 14:29James 1:19Ecclesiastes 7:9The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. See also: 1 Peter 1:181 Peter 5:4Jeremiah 16:19The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. See also: Genesis 42:6Malachi 4:3Exodus 8:8The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends. See also: Proverbs 19:4Proverbs 10:15Job 30:10He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed. See also: Proverbs 28:27Proverbs 19:17Proverbs 11:12Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good. See also: Proverbs 12:2Matthew 5:7Psalms 25:10In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. See also: Proverbs 28:19Proverbs 12:242 Thessalonians 3:10-12The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly. See also: Ecclesiastes 7:11-12Psalms 112:9Luke 12:19-20A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful. See also: Proverbs 14:5Acts 26:16-201 Timothy 4:1-3In the fear of the LORD is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children. See also: Proverbs 19:23Jeremiah 32:39-40Proverbs 18:10The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death. See also: Proverbs 13:14Revelation 21:6Proverbs 2:10-18In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince. See also: 1 Kings 4:20-212 Kings 13:7Exodus 1:22He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. See also: James 1:19Ecclesiastes 7:9Proverbs 14:17The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones. See also: Proverbs 17:22Proverbs 3:8Proverbs 4:23He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him. See also: Proverbs 22:2Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 17:5The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge. See also: 2 Timothy 4:18Psalms 23:42 Corinthians 5:8Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools. See also: Proverbs 12:16Proverbs 15:28Proverbs 12:23Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. See also: Psalms 107:34Deuteronomy 28:1-68Deuteronomy 29:18-28The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame. See also: Matthew 24:45-51Proverbs 29:12Matthew 25:23
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)24 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Proverbs 14:1
Ver. 1. House. Giving her children a proper education, and taking care of her house. C. xii. 4.
and Tit. ii. 5. C.
↑ 1Proverbs 14:2
Ver. 2. And, is not in Heb. --- Is. Heb. "but the perverse in his ways despiseth him;" (H.) shewing by his conduct that he cares not for the Lord. C. --- Sept.
"he shall be dishonoured, that,"
&c.
↑ 2Proverbs 14:3
Ver. 3. Pride. He chastiseth with haughtiness, and is ever quarrelling.
↑ 3Proverbs 14:4
Ver. 4. Empty. As the land has not bee cultivated. H. --- Strength, or number of oxen. C. ---
"The virtue of the preachers is manifested where there are many converted to produce fruit." S.
Greg. vii. ep. viii.
↑ 4Proverbs 14:6
Ver. 6. Not. Because they seek it ill, like the pagan sages. Sept. "thou shalt seek wisdom among the wicked, and shalt not find it," &c.
↑ 6Proverbs 14:7
Ver. 7. Prudence. Thou wilt presently perceive his weakness. Heb. "abandon a," &c. He is not capable of hearing reason: keep at a distance.
↑ 7Proverbs 14:8
Ver. 8. Way. This science of the saints is the only true wisdom. --- Erreth. They are inconstant.
Heb. " is deceit." They are bent on it.
↑ 8Proverbs 14:9
Ver. 9. Sin. C. x. 23. Heb. "excuse sin," (C.) or "mock at sin," (H.) committed by others. M. ---
Grace, or good-will. They are agreeable to all. C.
↑ 9Proverbs 14:10
Ver. 10. Stranger. Such cannot well comfort the afflicted. A man is alone acquainted with the affections of his own heart. Sept. "he mixeth not insult"
(Sym.) "with strangers."
↑ 10Proverbs 14:12
This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.
Ver. 12. Death. How many, under the garb of piety, follow their passions! How many are misled by their singularity, or by unskilful directors! C. --- We must suspect our own judgment. M. --- If any Turks, Jews, or heretics, lead a moral good life, it seemeth both to themselves and to other ignorant people that they are in the right way to salvation; but their error in faith leadeth them to eternal damnation. W. --- The persecutors thought they did God a service by putting the apostles to death. Will they be excused? H.
↑ 12Proverbs 14:13
Ver. 13. Laughter. Sept. "with his counsels," enjoying the content of a good conscience, and a heavenly reward; while the wicked, with all his self-approbation, shall be punished.
↑ 13Proverbs 14:14
Ver. 14. Above him, Sept. "with content sorrow is not mixed." H. --- Joy. Such is the condition of earthly things. Pind. Pyth. viii.
↑ 14Proverbs 14:15
Ver. 15. Innocent. Good and unsuspecting; (Jos. ix. 14. and 1 Cor. xiii. 7.) or rather credulous. 1
Jo. iv. 1. C. --- Sept. "the man who is not bad." --- Steps. Sept. "repenteth." H.
--- No, &c. This occurs (C. xiii. 13.) in several copies: but here it is omitted in Heb. &c.
↑ 15Proverbs 14:17
Ver. 17. Folly. Wrath betrays us into great extravagances. --- Hateful. Heb. also,
"hateth" folly.
Sept. "the prudent beareth much." Job v. 2. C.
↑ 17Proverbs 14:20
Ver. 20. Many. "Riches make friends, poverty tries them." Syrus. --- False friends resemble swallows, which retire at the approach of winter. Cic. ad Heren. iv.
↑ 20Proverbs 14:21
Ver. 21. He...mercy, is not found in Heb. Greek, or Lat. MSS. C.
↑ 21Proverbs 14:22
Ver. 22. Truth. Those who are kind and faithful. H. C. iii. 3. --- Sept. add, (C.) as a second version, (Grabe) "the workers of evils understand not mercy and truth: but kind and faithful actions are with those who do good."
↑ 22Proverbs 14:24
Ver. 24. Imprudence. This they always betray, while the wise use their riches to assist their fellow-creatures, and receive a crown of glory. H.
↑ 24Proverbs 14:28
Ver. 28. King. Who formerly was styled "a shepherd," to remind him of the care with which he ought to seek the welfare of his subjects. C.
↑ 28Proverbs 14:30
Ver. 30. Bones. As a sound heart preserves the rest of the body, so a good intention often excuses from mortal sin, when the error is not gross. But envy corrupts the works which seem good, and which cannot bear a strict examination. S. Greg. Mor. v. 34. W. --- Envy ruins the health.
Menan. ap. Grot. --- Sept. "a too sensible heart is the," &c. This is beautiful; but not quite conformable to the Heb.
↑ 30Proverbs 14:31
Ver. 31. Him. God takes the poor under his special protection, (Matt. xxv. 40.) and is the distributor of all riches. What would the rich do without the poor? C.
↑ 31Proverbs 14:33
Ver. 33. And. Prot. "but that which is in the midst of fools is made known." H.
--- A vessel full of gold makes no noise, while that which contains only a few pieces sounds much. Munster.
Corn. a Lap. --- Thus the fool makes a parade of all that he knows. C. --- Sept.
"but in the heart of fools, it is not known." H. --- Aquila and Theodotion have the negation, (C.) as well as the Syr.
and Arab. See c. v. 16. Kennicott.
↑ 33Proverbs 14:34
Ver. 34. Miserable. This sentence ought to be engraven in all public places.
Heb. "and mercy the sinful people," whom God spares on account of their alms-deeds, (Dan. iv. 24.) or "sin is the shame of peoples." C. --- Montanus renders chesed mercy, and Pagnin "ignominy." The former is scarcely intelligible, et misericordia populorum peccatum, unless sin be here taken for a sin-offering, (H.) as it is by Vatab. Grot. &c. C.
↑ 34Proverbs 14:35
Ver. 35. Nothing. Lit. "useless," which often means bad. H. --- A servant who does not discharge his duty is such. Heb. "he that causeth to blush," and has no economy. C. --- Sept. "He removes shame by his good management. Anger destroys the prudent; but a mild," &c. H.
↑ 35License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses