Proverbs · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Proverbs 24 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 No envidies a los malvados ni desees estar con ellos,
1 Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
2 porque su corazón planea la destrucción y sus labios hablan de causar problemas.
2 for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
3 Con sabiduría se construye una casa, y con entendimiento se la fortalece.
3 Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
4 Con conocimiento sus habitaciones se llenan de cosas valiosas y agradables.
4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.
5 El sabio es fuerte y quien tiene conocimiento aumenta sus fuerzas.
5 A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,
6 Porque con la guía de los sabios vencerás en la guerra, y con muchos guías sabios hay salvación.
6 for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in many advisors.
7 La sabiduría está fuera del alcance del necio; en el lugar público guarda silencio.
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
8 A quien hace planes malvados se lo llama un hombre que trama el mal.
8 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
9 El propósito del necio es el pecado, y quien odia la autoridad repugna a los demás.
9 The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
10 Si cedes en el día de la angustia, tus fuerzas son pocas.
10 If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
11 Salva a los que son entregados a la muerte; no niegues ayuda a quienes van cayendo hacia la destrucción.
11 Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
12 Si dices: «No sabíamos nada de esto», ¿acaso no lo considera quien prueba los corazones? ¿No lo sabe quien cuida tu alma? ¿No dará a cada uno la recompensa de sus obras?
12 If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not give to every man according to his work?
13 Hijo mío, come miel, porque es buena; la miel que fluye es dulce al paladar.
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
14 Así debes desear la sabiduría: si la tienes, habrá un futuro y tu esperanza no será destruida.
14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.
15 Malvado, no aceches los campos del recto ni destruyas su lugar de descanso.
15 Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;
16 Porque el recto se levantará después de caer siete veces, pero la desgracia hará caer a los malvados.
16 for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17 No te alegres cuando caiga tu enemigo ni se llene de alegría tu corazón al verlo caer,
17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
18 no sea que el Señor lo vea, le parezca mal y aparte de tu enemigo su ira.
18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 No te inquietes por los malvados ni envidies a los pecadores.
19 Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
20 Porque el malvado no tendrá futuro y la luz de los pecadores se apagará.
20 for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21 Hijo mío, teme al Señor y al rey; no te juntes con los rebeldes.
21 My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
22 Porque su caída llegará de repente; ¿quién sabe qué ruina pueden traer ambos?
22 for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
23 Estos son otros dichos de los sabios: no está bien favorecer a alguien por su posición al juzgar.
23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 A quien le dice al malvado: «Eres recto», los pueblos lo maldecirán y las naciones lo odiarán.
24 He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
25 Pero quienes lo reprendan tendrán alegría y recibirán una buena bendición.
25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.
26 Quien da una respuesta recta da un beso con sus labios.
26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Ordena tu trabajo afuera y prepáralo en el campo; después ocúpate de construir tu casa.
27 Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
28 No seas un testigo que hace daño a su vecino ni digas mentiras con tus labios.
28 Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
29 No digas: «Le haré lo mismo que él me hizo; le daré la recompensa de sus obras».
29 Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 Pasé junto al campo del perezoso y junto a la viña del hombre sin juicio.
30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
31 Todo estaba lleno de espinas y cubierto de maleza; su muro de piedra estaba derribado.
31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Lo miré y reflexioné; lo vi y aprendí de ello:
32 Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
33 un poco de sueño, un poco de descanso, un poco de cruzar las manos para dormir,
33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34 y la pérdida te llegará como un bandido, y la necesidad como un hombre armado.
34 so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 37:7; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 3:31; James 4:5–6; Psalm 37:1
- 2 Psalm 7:14; Psalm 28:3; Psalm 10:7; Isaiah 59:4; Job 15:35
- 3 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 9:1; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Colossians 2:7; Jeremiah 10:12
- 4 Proverbs 15:6; Proverbs 21:20; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 8:21; Matthew 13:52
- 5 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Colossians 1:11; Isaiah 40:31; Proverbs 21:22; Proverbs 8:14
- 6 Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 20:18; Ephesians 6:10–20; Proverbs 15:22; Luke 14:31
- 7 Proverbs 14:6; Psalm 10:5; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 92:5–6; Amos 5:10
- 8 Psalm 21:11; Ezekiel 38:10–11; Romans 1:30; Nahum 1:11; Proverbs 6:14
- 9 Matthew 15:19; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Isaiah 55:7; Proverbs 29:8; Acts 8:22
- 10 Isaiah 40:28–31; Ephesians 3:13; Jeremiah 51:46; Hebrews 12:3–5; 1 Samuel 27:1
- 11 Psalm 82:4; Isaiah 58:6–7; 1 John 3:16–17; Job 29:17; Luke 10:31–32
- 12 Job 34:11; Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23; Romans 2:6; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 13 Isaiah 7:15; Song of Songs 5:1; Proverbs 25:16; Song of Songs 4:11; Matthew 3:4
- 14 James 1:25; Proverbs 2:10; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 23:18
- 15 Jeremiah 11:19; Acts 9:24; 1 Samuel 22:18–19; 1 Samuel 9:11; Matthew 26:4
- 16 Psalm 34:19; Psalm 37:24; Micah 7:8–10; Job 5:19; 2 Corinthians 4:8–12
- 17 Obadiah 12; Job 31:29; 1 Corinthians 13:6–7; Proverbs 17:5; 2 Samuel 16:5–14
- 18 Lamentations 4:21–22; Zechariah 1:15–16
- 19 Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:1; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 24:1
- 20 Proverbs 13:9; Job 18:5–6; Job 21:17; Psalm 11:6; Proverbs 20:20
- 21 Romans 13:1–7; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Titus 3:1; 1 Kings 12:16; Exodus 14:31
- 22 Numbers 16:31–35; Psalm 90:11; 2 Samuel 18:7–8; Hosea 5:11; 2 Chronicles 13:16–17
- 23 Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 18:5; James 3:17; Leviticus 19:15; Psalm 107:43
- 24 Proverbs 17:15; Isaiah 5:23; Proverbs 11:26; Exodus 23:6–7; Proverbs 28:27
- 25 1 Timothy 5:20; 1 Samuel 3:13; Proverbs 28:23; Nehemiah 13:8–11; 1 Kings 21:19–20
- 26 Proverbs 15:23; Genesis 41:38–57; Proverbs 25:11–12; Job 6:25; Proverbs 16:1
- 27 Luke 14:28–30; 1 Kings 5:17–18; 1 Kings 6:7
- 28 Ephesians 4:25; Matthew 26:59–60; Proverbs 25:18; 1 Kings 21:9–13; Colossians 3:9
- 29 Romans 12:17–21; Proverbs 20:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Matthew 5:39–44; Proverbs 25:21–22
- 30 Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 6:6–19; Ecclesiastes 8:9–11; Job 4:8; Proverbs 10:13
- 31 Isaiah 5:5; Ecclesiastes 10:18; Genesis 3:17–19; Jeremiah 4:3; Proverbs 22:13
- 32 1 Corinthians 10:11; Deuteronomy 21:21; Luke 2:51; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Job 7:17
- 33 Proverbs 6:4–11; 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8; Romans 13:11; Ephesians 5:14
- 34 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4
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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).
How these were chosen
“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).
On this account it is often put for all numbers together, as, "A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again," --that is, let him fall never so often, he will not perish (and this was meant to be understood not of sins, but of afflictions conducing to lowliness).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For no other reason it was said, "a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:" that is, the just man perisheth not, though brought low in every way, yet not induced to transgress, otherwise he will not be just.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But "God strengtheneth." For "the just falleth seven times, and riseth again; but the wicked shall be weakened in evils." When evils befall the wicked, they are weakened thereby; when evils befall the righteous, "the Lord strengtheneth all that are falling."..."And lifteth up all those that have been cast down:" all, that is, who belong to him; for "God resisteth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)