Proverbs · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Proverbs 18 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Quien se aparta de los demás para buscar sus propios fines se opone a todo buen juicio.
1 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
2 El necio no disfruta del buen juicio; solo quiere dar a conocer lo que tiene en el corazón.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
3 Cuando llega el malvado, llega también el desprecio; con la pérdida del honor viene la vergüenza.
3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
4 Las palabras de una persona son como aguas profundas; la fuente de la sabiduría es como un arroyo que corre.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 No está bien favorecer al malvado ni dictar una sentencia injusta contra el recto.
5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 Los labios del necio provocan peleas, y su boca lo expone a los golpes.
6 A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
7 La boca del necio lo destruye; sus labios son una red para su alma.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 Las palabras de quien habla mal de su vecino a escondidas son como bocados dulces que bajan hasta lo profundo del estómago.
8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
9 Quien descuida su trabajo es hermano de quien destruye.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 El nombre del Señor es una torre fuerte; el recto corre a ella y está seguro.
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 Las riquezas del rico son su ciudad fortificada; en su imaginación son como una muralla alta.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 Antes de la destrucción el corazón se llena de orgullo, pero la humildad precede al honor.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
13 Responder antes de escuchar es una necedad y causa vergüenza.
13 He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
14 El espíritu sostiene a una persona cuando está enferma, pero ¿cómo levantar un espíritu quebrantado?
14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
15 El corazón del sensato adquiere conocimiento, y el oído del sabio lo busca.
15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 Un regalo abre puertas a quien lo da y le permite presentarse ante personas importantes.
16 A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17 El primero que presenta su caso ante el juez parece tener razón, pero después viene su vecino y muestra la verdad del caso.
17 He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
18 Echar suertes pone fin a las discusiones y separa a los poderosos.
18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
19 Un hermano herido es como una ciudad fortificada, y los actos violentos son como una torre cerrada.
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
20 El fruto de sus palabras llenará el estómago de cada uno; recibirá plenamente lo que produzcan sus labios.
20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 La muerte y la vida están en poder de la lengua; quienes aman usarla comerán de su fruto.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 Quien encuentra esposa encuentra algo bueno y recibe la aprobación del Señor.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
23 El pobre pide con súplicas, pero el rico responde con dureza.
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 Hay amigos que pueden llevar a uno a la destrucción, pero hay un amigo que ama y permanece más cerca que un hermano.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:15–17; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 2:1–6; Jeremiah 15:17; Proverbs 24:21
- 2 Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 12:23; Psalm 1:1–2; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 13:16
- 3 Proverbs 22:10; 1 Peter 4:14; Proverbs 11:2; 1 Peter 4:4; Proverbs 29:16
- 4 Proverbs 20:5; Proverbs 10:11; Colossians 4:6; John 4:14; Proverbs 13:14
- 5 Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 16:19; Proverbs 28:21; Psalm 82:2; Proverbs 17:15
- 6 Proverbs 27:3; Proverbs 16:27–28; Proverbs 22:24–25; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 25:24
- 7 Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 10:14; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 140:9
- 8 Proverbs 12:18; Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 26:20–22; Psalm 64:3–4
- 9 Proverbs 10:4; Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 24:30–34; Romans 12:11; Proverbs 23:20–21
- 10 2 Samuel 22:3; Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 91:2; Psalm 144:2; Psalm 61:3–4
- 11 Proverbs 10:15; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Psalm 52:5–7; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 49:6–9
- 12 Proverbs 15:33; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 28:2
- 13 John 7:51; Deuteronomy 13:14; Proverbs 20:25; Job 29:16
- 14 Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; 1 Peter 1:6; Psalm 147:3
- 15 James 1:5; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; Luke 10:39
- 16 Proverbs 19:6; Genesis 43:11; Genesis 33:10; 1 Samuel 25:27; Proverbs 17:8
- 17 Proverbs 18:13
- 18 Proverbs 16:33; Nehemiah 11:1; 1 Samuel 10:21–27; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Samuel 14:42
- 19 Proverbs 16:32; Acts 15:39; Proverbs 6:19; Genesis 37:3–5; 1 Kings 12:16
- 20 Proverbs 25:11–12; Proverbs 12:13–14; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 22:18
- 21 Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 12:35–37; Colossians 4:6; Proverbs 10:19–21; James 3:6–9
- 22 Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 12:4; Ecclesiastes 9:9; 1 Corinthians 7:2
- 23 James 2:3; James 1:9–11; Exodus 5:2; James 2:6; 1 Samuel 25:17
- 24 Proverbs 17:17; John 15:13–15; Proverbs 27:9; 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 19:4–5
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For that is true which is written, "Pride goeth before destruction, and before honor is humility;" that is to say, secret ruin precedes open ruin, while the former is not counted ruin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Defile it not therefore, lest to thee also He say, "Though ye make many prayers, I will not hearken." Yea, and "in the power of the tongue are death and life;" and, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." I bid thee then watch thy tongue more than the apple of thine …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The hand of God he hath called the power of God: as hath been written in another place, "death and life are in the hands of the tongue." Hath the tongue hands?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)