Proverbs · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Proverbs 20 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 El vino vuelve necios a los hombres y la bebida fuerte los lleva a los golpes; quien se deja desviar por ellos no es sabio.
1 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 La ira del rey es como el rugido de un león; quien lo enoja se perjudica a sí mismo.
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3 Evitar las peleas es un honor, pero los necios siempre están en guerra.
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
4 El perezoso no ara a causa del invierno; cuando llegue la cosecha pedirá alimento, pero no recibirá nada.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 El propósito en el corazón es como agua profunda, pero el sensato sabe sacarlo.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 La mayoría da a conocer sus actos bondadosos, pero ¿dónde encontrar a una persona fiel?
6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
7 El recto sigue viviendo con justicia; ¡felices sus hijos después de él!
7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
8 El rey que se sienta a juzgar ahuyenta todo mal con su mirada.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 ¿Quién puede decir: «He limpiado mi corazón y estoy libre de mi pecado»?
9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
10 Las pesas y las medidas desiguales repugnan al Señor.
10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
11 Hasta a un niño se lo puede juzgar por sus actos, por si lo que hace está libre de pecado y es recto.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12 Tanto el oído que oye como el ojo que ve son obra del Señor.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
13 No ames el sueño, o te volverás pobre; mantén los ojos abiertos y tendrás pan suficiente.
13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 «¡Malo, muy malo!», dice el comprador; pero cuando se va, presume de lo que consiguió.
14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 Hay oro y abundantes corales, pero los labios que dan conocimiento son una joya de gran valor.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Toma la ropa de quien sale de fiador de un desconocido; exige una garantía a quien da su palabra por desconocidos.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 El pan ganado con engaños es dulce, pero después llena la boca de arena.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18 Los planes se llevan a cabo con buenos consejos; haz la guerra con la guía de los sabios.
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
19 Quien anda hablando de los asuntos ajenos revela secretos; no te juntes con quien habla sin medida.
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20 Si alguien maldice a su padre o a su madre, su luz se apagará en la noche más oscura.
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21 Una herencia puede obtenerse de prisa al principio, pero al final no será una bendición.
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
22 No digas: «Castigaré el mal». Sigue esperando al Señor y él te salvará.
22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
23 Las pesas desiguales repugnan al Señor, y las balanzas falsas no están bien.
23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24 Los pasos del ser humano vienen del Señor; ¿cómo puede uno comprender su camino?
24 A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
25 Es peligroso decir sin pensar: «Esto es santo», y después de hacer sus votos preguntarse si es necesario cumplirlos.
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
26 El rey sabio ahuyenta a los malvados y hace que su maldad caiga sobre ellos mismos.
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27 El Señor vigila el espíritu humano y examina lo más profundo del cuerpo.
27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
28 La misericordia y la fidelidad protegen al rey, y su trono se sostiene con actos rectos.
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
29 La fuerza es la gloria de los jóvenes, y las canas son el honor de los ancianos.
29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30 Las heridas de la vara quitan el mal, y los golpes limpian lo más profundo del cuerpo.
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:18; Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Proverbs 31:4
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; 1 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 8:36; Hosea 11:10
- 3 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 19:11; Ephesians 4:32–5:1; Proverbs 14:29
- 4 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:24–28; Matthew 25:3–10
- 5 Proverbs 18:4; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Psalm 64:6
- 6 Psalm 12:1; Matthew 6:2; Luke 18:8; Luke 22:33; Proverbs 27:2
- 7 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 37:26; Jeremiah 32:39; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 2:39
- 8 Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 99:4; Psalm 92:9
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8–10; 1 Kings 8:46; Job 14:4; Job 15:14
- 10 Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35; Deuteronomy 25:13–15
- 11 Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:43–44; Proverbs 21:8; Luke 2:46–47; Psalm 51:5
- 12 Matthew 13:13–16; Psalm 94:9; Psalm 119:18; Exodus 4:11; Ephesians 1:17–18
- 13 Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:15; Romans 13:11; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 10:4
- 14 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- 15 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 16:16; Romans 10:14–15
- 16 Proverbs 27:13; Exodus 22:26–27; Proverbs 22:26–27; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 7:5
- 17 Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Job 20:12–20; Lamentations 3:15–16; Hebrews 11:25
- 18 Luke 14:31; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Judges 1:1–2; Proverbs 11:14
- 19 Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 13:3; Romans 16:18; Proverbs 18:8; Leviticus 19:16
- 20 Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 30:11; Proverbs 30:17; Matthew 15:4; Jude 13
- 21 1 Timothy 6:9; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 28:22
- 22 Romans 12:17–19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 24:29; Proverbs 17:13; 1 Peter 3:9
- 23 Proverbs 20:10; Hosea 12:7; Ezekiel 45:10; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5
- 24 Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 25:4
- 25 Ecclesiastes 5:4–6; Matthew 5:33; Numbers 30:2–16; Leviticus 27:9–10; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 12:31; Psalm 101:5–8; 2 Samuel 4:9–12; Isaiah 28:27–28
- 27 1 Corinthians 2:11; Hebrews 4:12–13; Job 32:8; 1 John 3:19–21; Genesis 2:7
- 28 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 101:1; Isaiah 16:5
- 29 1 John 2:14; Proverbs 16:31; Leviticus 19:32; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 30 Hebrews 12:10; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 19:25; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 27:9
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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 [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "The Spirit of the Lord is a candle searching the secret parts of the belly." Let us reflect how near He is, and that none of the thoughts or reasonings in which we engage are hid from Him.
Because, "When the righteous King sitteth on the throne, who will glory that his heart is pure?" It may be thou dost not discover anything in thine own conscience; but He who seeth better, whose Divine glance penetrateth into deeper things, discovereth it may be something, He seeth it may be something, He discovereth something.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Here then it is further required, that each of you be found faithful in his conscience: for a faithful man it is hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So too it is said by Solomon, "For the wise king is the winnower of the ungodly, and he bringeth on them the wheel of the wicked.--After Thine height Thou hast multiplied the sons of men." For there is in temporal things too a multiplication, which turns away from the unity of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For there be many that please themselves, and think themselves righteous; and there is another passage which goeth against them, which saith, "Who shall boast that he hath a clean heart, and that he is pure from sin?" There is then, so to speak, a limit to glorying in our conscience, namely, to know that thy faith is sincere, thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)