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Word proficit

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Proverbs 17 10 Plus proficit correptio apud prudentem, quam centum plagae apud stultum. A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool. Συντρίβει ἀπειλὴ καρδίαν φρονίμου, ἄφρων δὲ μαστιγωθεὶς οὐκ αἰσθάνεται.
Sirach 34 30 Qui baptizatur a mortuo, et iterum tangit eum, quid proficit lavatio illius ? He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail? None
Sirach 34 31 Sic homo qui jejunat in peccatis suis, et iterum eadem faciens : quid proficit humiliando se ? orationem illius quis exaudiet ?] So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself profit him? who will hear his prayer? None
Luke 9 25 Quid enim proficit homo, si lucretur universum mundum, se autem ipsum perdat, et detrimentum sui faciat ? For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world and lose himself and cast away himself? Τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖται ἄνθρωπος, κερδήσας τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἀπολέσας ἢ ζημιωθείς;"