Proverbs · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Proverbs 16 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
2 All the works of the humble [man] are manifest with God; But the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.
1 DEL hombre son las disposiciones del corazón: mas de Jehová la respuesta de la lengua. 2 Todos los caminos del hombre son limpios en su opinión: mas Jehová pesa los espíritus. 3 Encomienda á Jehová tus obras, y tus pensamientos serán afirmados. 4 Todas las cosas ha hecho Jehová por sí mismo, y aun al impío para el día malo.
5 Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, And he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless.
5 Abominación es á Jehová todo altivo de corazón: [aunque esté] mano sobre mano, no será reputado inocente. 6 Con misericordia y verdad se corrige el pecado: y con el temor de Jehová se apartan del mal los hombres.
7 The beginning of a good way is to do justly; And it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.
7 Cuando los caminos del hombre son agradables á Jehová, aun á sus enemigos pacificará con él.
8 He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: And they that rightly seek him shall find peace.
8 Mejor es lo poco con justicia, que la muchedumbre de frutos sin derecho.
9 All the works of the Lord [are done] with righteousness; And the ungodly [man] is kept for the evil day.
9 El corazón del hombre piensa su camino: mas Jehová endereza sus pasos.
10 [There is] an oracle upon the lips of a king; And his mouth shall not err in judgment.
10 Adivinación está en los labios del rey: en juicio no prevaricará su boca.
11 The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; And his works are righteous measures.
11 Peso y balanzas justas son de Jehová: obra suya son todas las pesas de la bolsa.
12 An evildoer is an abomination to a king; For the throne of rule is established by righteousness.
12 Abominación es á los reyes hacer impiedad: porque con justicia será afirmado el trono.
13 Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; And he loves right words.
13 Los labios justos son el contentamiento de los reyes; y aman al que habla lo recto.
14 The anger of a king is a messenger of death; But a wise man will pacify him.
14 La ira del rey es mensajero de muerte: mas el hombre sabio la evitará.
15 The son of a king is in the light of life; And they that are in favor with him are as a cloud of latter rain.
15 En la alegría del rostro del rey está la vida; y su benevolencia es como nube de lluvia tardía.
16 The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, And the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.
16 Mejor es adquirir sabiduría que oro preciado; y adquirir inteligencia vale más que la plata.
17 The paths of life turn aside from evil; And the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; And he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; And he that loves his life will spare his mouth.
17 El camino de los rectos es apartarse del mal: su alma guarda el que guarda su camino.
18 Pride goes before destruction, And folly before a fall.
18 Antes del quebrantamiento [es] la soberbia; y antes de la caída la altivez de espíritu.
19 Better is a meek-spirited [man] with lowliness, Than one who divides spoils with the proud.
19 Mejor es humillar el espíritu con los humildes, que partir despojos con los soberbios.
20 [He who is] skillful in business finds good: But he that trusts in God is most blessed.
20 El entendido en la palabra, hallará el bien: y el que confía en Jehová, él es bienaventurado.
21 [Men] call the wise and understanding evil: But they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.
21 El sabio de corazón es llamado entendido: y la dulzura de labios aumentará la doctrina.
22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; But the instruction of fools is evil.
22 Manantial de vida es el entendimiento al que lo posee: mas la erudición de los necios es necedad.
23 The heart of the wise will discern the [things which proceed] from his own mouth; And on his lips he will wear knowledge.
23 El corazón del sabio hace prudente su boca; y con sus labios aumenta la doctrina.
24 Good words are honeycombs, And the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.
24 Panal de miel son los dichos suaves: suavidad al alma y medicina á los huesos.
25 There are ways that seem to be right to a man, But the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
25 Hay camino que parece derecho al hombre, mas su salida son caminos de muerte.
26 A man who labors, labors for himself, and drives from [him] his own ruin.
26 El alma del que trabaja, trabaja para sí; porque su boca le constriñe.
27 But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: A foolish man digs up evil for himself, And treasures fire on his own lips.
27 El hombre perverso cava el mal; y en sus labios hay como llama de fuego.
28 A perverse man spreads mischief, And will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.
28 El hombre perverso levanta contienda; y el chismoso aparta los mejores amigos.
29 A transgressor tries [to ensnare] friends, And leads them in ways [that are] not good.
29 El hombre malo lisonjea á su prójimo, y le hace andar por el camino no bueno:
30 And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, And marks out with his lips all evils: He is a furnace of wickedness.
30 Cierra sus ojos para pensar perversidades; mueve sus labios, efectúa el mal.
31 Old age is a crown of honor, But it is found in the ways of righteousness.
31 Corona de honra es la vejez, que se hallará en el camino de justicia.
32 A man slow to anger is better than a strong [man]; And he that governs [his] temper better than he that takes a city.
32 Mejor es el que tarde se aira que el fuerte; y el que se enseñorea de su espíritu, que el que toma una ciudad.
33 All [evils] come upon the ungodly into [their] bosoms; But all righteous things [come] of the Lord.
33 La suerte se echa en el seno: mas de Jehová es el juicio de ella.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Proverbs 21:2; 1 Samuel 16:7; Luke 16:15; Proverbs 30:12; Jeremiah 17:10
- 5 Proverbs 6:16–17; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 11:21; Romans 2:8–9; James 4:6
- 7 Romans 8:31; 1 John 3:22; 2 Chronicles 17:10; Colossians 1:10; Jeremiah 15:11
- 8 Proverbs 15:16; Psalm 37:16; 1 Timothy 6:6–9; Jeremiah 17:11; Proverbs 21:6–7
- 9 Proverbs 19:21; Psalm 37:23; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 20:24; Jeremiah 10:23
- 10 Isaiah 32:1–2; Genesis 44:5; Genesis 44:15; Hosea 10:4; Deuteronomy 17:18–20
- 11 Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 20:10; Proverbs 20:23; Deuteronomy 25:13–15; Leviticus 19:35–36
- 12 Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 29:14; Proverbs 28:9; Luke 12:48; Psalm 99:4
- 13 Proverbs 14:35; Proverbs 22:11; Psalm 101:5–7
- 14 Proverbs 20:2; Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Luke 12:4–5; Proverbs 17:11
- 15 Psalm 72:6; Job 29:23–24; Hosea 6:3; Acts 2:28; Psalm 21:6
- 16 Proverbs 8:10–11; Matthew 16:26; Proverbs 8:19; Luke 12:21; Proverbs 3:15–18
- 17 Isaiah 35:8; Proverbs 19:16; Proverbs 10:9; Jude 21; Revelation 3:10
- 18 Proverbs 11:2; Isaiah 2:11–12; Proverbs 18:12; Obadiah 3–4; Proverbs 29:23
- 19 Matthew 5:3; Psalm 138:6; Isaiah 57:15; Exodus 15:9; Psalm 34:18
- 20 Jeremiah 17:7–8; Isaiah 30:18; Psalm 2:12; Isaiah 26:3–4; Psalm 34:8
- 21 Proverbs 16:23–24; Isaiah 50:4; Proverbs 15:7; Proverbs 27:9; James 3:17
- 22 Proverbs 13:14; John 6:63; Matthew 15:14; John 5:24; Proverbs 18:4
- 23 Proverbs 15:28; Matthew 12:34–35; Proverbs 22:17–18; Colossians 3:16; Psalm 45:1
- 24 Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 24:13–14; Proverbs 4:22; Proverbs 25:11–12; Proverbs 23:16
- 25 Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 12:15; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Proverbs 12:26; John 7:47–49
- 26 Ecclesiastes 6:7; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 9:12; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–12; 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12
- 27 James 3:6; Proverbs 6:14; Isaiah 5:18; Psalm 17:14–15; Psalm 52:2–4
- 28 Proverbs 17:9; James 3:14–16; Romans 1:29; Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 6:14
- 29 Proverbs 2:12–15; 2 Peter 3:17; Proverbs 12:26; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 1:10–14
- 30 Proverbs 6:12–14; Matthew 13:15; Proverbs 16:27; Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 14:7–8
- 31 Proverbs 20:29; Leviticus 19:32; Proverbs 3:1–2; Proverbs 17:6; 1 Samuel 12:2–5
- 32 James 1:19; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 25:28; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 19:11
- 33 Proverbs 18:18; Jonah 1:7; Acts 1:26; Proverbs 29:26; 1 Samuel 14:41–42
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… which seeth in secret will reward." Lest then he repay them that recompense evil, he overcomes his anger rather than another man, being instructed too by those writings, wherein it is written, "Better is he that overcometh his anger, than he that taketh a city." "If I have repaid them that recompense me evil, may I therefore fall by my …
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