Proverbs 19:8
But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find good things.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- qui autem possessor est mentis diligit animam suam, et custos prudentiæ inveniet bona.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Proverbs 19:5
- ὁ κτώμενος φρόνησιν ἀγαπᾷ ἑαυτόν, ὃς δὲ φυλάσσει φρόνησιν εὑρήσει ἀγαθά.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- קֹֽנֶה לֵּ֭ב אֹהֵ֣ב נַפְשׁ֑וֹ שֹׁמֵ֥ר תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה לִמְצֹא טֽוֹב
Haydock's commentary
Mind. Hebrew, "heart," intelligence, chap. xv. 32.
Loveth. This does not contradict the gospel; (John xii. 25.) as those who refrain from what the soul would crave to its own detriment, truly love it.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.