Proverbs · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Proverbs 27 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 No presumas de lo que harás mañana, porque no sabes qué traerá un día.
1 Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
2 Que otro te alabe, y no tu propia boca; que lo haga un desconocido, y no tus labios.
2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 La piedra pesa y la arena es una carga, pero la ira del necio pesa más que ambas.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4 La ira es cruel y el enojo es como una corriente desbordada; pero ¿quién puede resistir la envidia?
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Es mejor una reprensión abierta que un amor oculto.
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Las heridas de un amigo son sinceras, pero los besos de un enemigo son falsos.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 Quien está satisfecho no quiere miel, pero para el hambriento hasta lo amargo es dulce.
7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Como un ave que se aleja de su nido, así es quien se aleja de su lugar.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
9 El aceite y el perfume alegran el corazón, y el consejo sabio de un amigo es dulce para el alma.
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
10 No abandones a tu amigo ni al amigo de tu padre. No vayas a casa de tu hermano cuando estés en dificultades: es mejor un vecino cercano que un hermano lejano.
10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
11 Hijo mío, sé sabio y alegra mi corazón; así podré responder a quien me avergüenza.
11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12 El prudente ve el peligro y se refugia, pero los inexpertos siguen adelante y se meten en problemas.
12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Toma la ropa de quien sale de fiador de un desconocido; exige una garantía a quien da su palabra por desconocidos.
13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
14 Quien bendice a su amigo a gritos desde temprano verá que su bendición se toma como una maldición.
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
15 Una mujer que pelea con sus palabras es como una gotera que no cesa en un día de lluvia.
15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16 Quien intenta contenerla intenta contener el viento y sujetar aceite con la mano derecha.
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
17 El hierro afila el hierro; así una persona afila a su amigo.
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
18 Quien cuida una higuera comerá su fruto; el siervo que atiende a su amo recibirá honor.
18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19 Como un rostro se refleja en el agua, así los corazones de las personas se reflejan unos en otros.
19 Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
20 El lugar de los muertos y Abadón nunca se llenan; tampoco los ojos humanos se dan por satisfechos.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
21 El crisol es para la plata y el horno para el oro; una persona se mide por aquello que le gana elogios.
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
22 Aunque machaques al necio con un mazo en un mortero junto con los granos, no lograrás quitarle su necedad.
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23 Conoce bien el estado de tus ovejas y cuida con atención tus rebaños,
23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
24 porque la riqueza no dura para siempre ni el dinero permanece por todas las generaciones.
24 for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
25 Brota el pasto, aparece la hierba nueva y se recogen las plantas de los montes.
25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 Los corderos te darán ropa y los machos cabríos te darán con qué pagar un campo.
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
27 Tendrás suficiente leche de cabra para alimentarte y sostener a tus siervas.
27 There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 James 4:13–16; Luke 12:19–20; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Samuel 28:19
- 2 2 Corinthians 10:18; Proverbs 25:27; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 12:11
- 3 Daniel 3:19; 1 John 3:12; Proverbs 17:12; Genesis 49:7; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
- 4 Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 14:30; James 3:14–16; Job 5:2; Matthew 27:18
- 5 Proverbs 28:23; 1 Timothy 5:20; Galatians 2:14; Matthew 18:15; Leviticus 19:17
- 6 Psalm 141:5; Revelation 3:19; Job 5:17–18; Proverbs 26:23–26; 2 Samuel 12:7–15
- 7 Luke 15:16–17; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:18–20; Numbers 11:4–9; John 6:9
- 8 Proverbs 21:16; Isaiah 16:2; Jonah 1:3; 1 Corinthians 7:20; Jonah 1:10–17
- 9 Proverbs 16:23–24; Proverbs 16:21; Psalm 23:5; Proverbs 15:23; Psalm 104:15
- 10 Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 17:17; 1 Kings 12:6–8; Luke 10:30–37; Proverbs 19:7
- 11 Proverbs 10:1; Psalm 119:42; Proverbs 23:15–16; 2 John 4; Proverbs 23:24–25
- 12 Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 18:10; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 3:10–14; 2 Peter 3:7
- 13 Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 6:1–4; Proverbs 22:26–27; Exodus 22:26
- 14 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Acts 12:22–23; Jeremiah 28:2–4; 1 Kings 22:13; 2 Samuel 15:2–7
- 15 Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Job 14:19
- 16 John 12:3
- 17 Hebrews 10:24; Proverbs 27:9; Job 4:3–4; 1 Samuel 23:16; Isaiah 35:3–4
- 18 1 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Timothy 2:6; Song of Songs 8:12; Luke 12:37; John 12:26
- 19 James 1:22–25; Psalm 33:15; Mark 7:21; Genesis 6:5
- 20 Ecclesiastes 1:8; 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 30:15–16; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Habakkuk 2:5
- 21 Proverbs 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 66:10; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7
- 22 Proverbs 23:35; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 1:5; Revelation 16:10–11; Exodus 14:5
- 23 1 Peter 5:2; John 21:15–17; Genesis 33:13; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Proverbs 24:32
- 24 Proverbs 23:5; 1 Timothy 6:17–18; Zephaniah 1:18; James 1:10; Isaiah 9:7
- 25 Proverbs 10:5; Psalm 104:14
- 26 Job 31:20
- 27 Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 30:8–9
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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).
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).
Have pity, O Lord God, lest they who pass by trample on the unfledged bird; and send Thine angel, who may restore it to its nest that it may live until it can fly.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Hence it is written, "Let not thy own mouth praise thee, but let thy neighbor's" mouth praise thee. But this was said to man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
There is a precept laid on man: "Let not thine own mouth praise thee, but the mouth of thy neighbor." For self-pleasing is a perilous thing for one who has to be on his guard against falling into pride.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)