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Proverbs 6 Bible in Basic English
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1 My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
1 HIJO mío, si salieres fiador por tu amigo, si tocaste tu mano por el extraño,
2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
2 Enlazado eres con las palabras de tu boca, y preso con las razones de tu boca.
3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.
3 Haz esto ahora, hijo mío, y líbrate, ya que has caído en la mano de tu prójimo: ve, humíllate, y asegúrate de tu amigo.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
4 No des sueño á tus ojos, ni á tus párpados adormecimiento.
5 Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
5 Escápate como el corzo de la mano [del cazador], y como el ave de la mano del parancero.
6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
6 Ve á la hormiga, oh perezoso, mira sus caminos, y sé sabio;
7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
7 La cual no teniendo capitán, ni gobernador, ni señor,
8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
8 Prepara en el verano su comida y allega en el tiempo de la siega su mantenimiento.
9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
9 Perezoso, ¿hasta cuándo has de dormir? ¿cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño?
10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
10 Un poco de sueño, un poco de dormitar, y cruzar por un poco las manos para reposo:
11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
11 Así vendrá tu necesidad como caminante, y tu pobreza como hombre de escudo.
12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
12 El hombre malo, el hombre depravado, anda en perversidad de boca;
13 Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;
13 Guiña de sus ojos, habla con sus pies, indica con sus dedos;
14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
14 Perversidades hay en su corazón, anda pensando mal en todo tiempo; enciende rencillas.
15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.
15 Por tanto su calamidad vendrá de repente; súbitamente será quebrantado, y no [habrá] remedio.
16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:
16 Seis cosas aborrece Jehová, y aun siete abomina su alma:
17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
17 Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa, las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente,
18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
18 El corazón que maquina pensamientos inicuos, los pies presurosos para correr al mal,
19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
19 El testigo falso que habla mentiras, y el que enciende rencillas entre los hermanos.
20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
20 Guarda, hijo mío, el mandamiento de tu padre, y no dejes la enseñanza de tu madre:
21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
21 Atalos siempre en tu corazón, enlázalos á tu cuello.
22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.
22 Te guiarán cuando anduvieres; cuando durmieres te guardarán; hablarán contigo cuando despertares.
23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
23 Porque el mandamiento es antorcha, y la enseñanza luz; y camino de vida las reprensiones de la enseñanza:
24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
24 Para que te guarden de la mala mujer, de la blandura de la lengua de la extraña.
25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
25 No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, ni ella te prenda con sus ojos:
26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
26 Porque á causa de la mujer ramera [es reducido el hombre] á un bocado de pan; y la mujer caza la preciosa alma del varón.
27 May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?
27 ¿Tomará el hombre fuego en su seno, sin que sus vestidos se quemen?
28 Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
28 ¿Andará el hombre sobre las brasas, sin que sus pies se abrasen?
29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
29 Así el que entrare á la mujer de su prójimo; no será sin culpa cualquiera que la tocare.
30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
30 No tienen en poco al ladrón, cuando hurtare para saciar su alma teniendo hambre:
31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
31 Empero tomado, paga las setenas, da toda la sustancia de su casa.
32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
32 Mas el que comete adulterio con la mujer, es falto de entendimiento: corrompe su alma el que tal hace.
33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.
33 Plaga y vergüenza hallará; y su afrenta nunca será raída.
34 For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.
34 Porque los celos son el furor del hombre, y no perdonará en el día de la venganza.
35 He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.
35 No tendrá respeto á ninguna redención; ni querrá [perdonar], aunque multipliques los dones.
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 22:26; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 11:15; Genesis 43:9
- 2 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 12:13
- 3 James 4:10; 2 Samuel 24:14; Psalm 31:8; Exodus 10:3; 2 Chronicles 12:5
- 4 Psalm 132:4; Proverbs 6:10–11; Mark 13:35–36; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Matthew 24:17–18
- 5 Psalm 91:3; Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 1:17
- 6 Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 18:9; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 6:9; Hebrews 6:12
- 7 Job 38:39–39:12; Proverbs 30:27; Job 39:26–30; Job 41:4–34
- 8 Proverbs 10:5; 1 Timothy 6:19; Proverbs 30:25
- 9 Proverbs 24:33–34; Psalm 94:8; Jeremiah 4:14; Ephesians 5:14; Proverbs 1:22
- 10 Proverbs 24:33–34; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 23:33–34
- 11 Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 24:34
- 12 Matthew 12:34; Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 4:24; 1 Timothy 5:13; Psalm 52:2–4
- 13 Psalm 35:19; Job 15:12; Proverbs 10:10; Proverbs 5:6
- 14 Micah 2:1; Romans 16:17; Hosea 8:7; Proverbs 6:18–19; Proverbs 26:17–22
- 15 2 Chronicles 36:16; Jeremiah 19:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Proverbs 1:27; Isaiah 30:13–14
- 16 Psalm 11:5; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 11:20; Proverbs 17:15; Deuteronomy 25:16
- 17 Psalm 120:2–3; Proverbs 12:22; Isaiah 1:15; Psalm 101:5; Psalm 5:6
- 18 Genesis 6:5; Proverbs 1:16; Jeremiah 4:14; Psalm 36:4; Romans 3:15
- 19 Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 6:14; James 3:18; Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 19:9
- 20 Ephesians 6:1; Deuteronomy 27:16; Proverbs 7:1–4; Proverbs 1:8–9; Proverbs 23:22
- 21 Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3–4; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8; Exodus 13:16
- 22 Psalm 119:11; Proverbs 3:23–24; Proverbs 2:11; Psalm 119:24; Psalm 119:97
- 23 Psalm 119:105; 2 Peter 1:19; Psalm 19:8; Proverbs 15:31; Proverbs 4:13
- 24 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:5; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 5:3
- 25 James 1:14–15; Matthew 5:28; 2 Kings 9:30; 2 Samuel 11:2–5; Song of Songs 4:9
- 26 Luke 15:30; Proverbs 29:3; Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 2:36; Ezekiel 13:18
- 27 Job 31:9–12; James 3:5; Hosea 7:4–7
- 29 1 Corinthians 7:1; Leviticus 20:10; 2 Samuel 12:9–10; Ezekiel 22:11; Malachi 3:5
- 31 Luke 19:8; Job 20:18; 2 Samuel 12:6; Exodus 22:1–4; Matthew 18:25
- 32 Proverbs 7:7; Hebrews 13:4; Proverbs 7:22–23; Romans 1:22–24; Proverbs 2:18–19
- 33 Proverbs 5:9–11; 1 Kings 15:5; Psalm 38:1–8; Nehemiah 13:26; Matthew 1:6
- 34 Numbers 5:14; Proverbs 27:4; Song of Songs 8:6; 1 Corinthians 10:22; Numbers 25:11
- 35 Proverbs 8:25; 2 Kings 5:1; Malachi 2:9; Isaiah 2:9; Proverbs 4:3
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