Proverbs · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Proverbs 18 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; But at all times he will be liable to reproach.
1 SEGÚN [su] antojo busca el que se desvía, y se entremete en todo negocio.
1 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
2 A senseless man feels no need of wisdom, For he is rather led by folly.
2 No toma placer el necio en la inteligencia, sino en lo que su corazón se descubre.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
3 When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises [them]; But dishonor and reproach come upon him.
3 Cuando viene el impío, viene también el menosprecio, y con el deshonrador la afrenta.
3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
4 A word in the heart of a man is a deep water, And a river and fountain of life spring forth.
4 Aguas profundas son las palabras de la boca del hombre; y arroyo revertiente, la fuente de la sabiduría.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 [It is] not good to accept the person of the ungodly, Nor [is it] holy to pervert justice in judgment.
5 Tener respeto á la persona del impío, para hacer caer al justo de [su] derecho, no es bueno.
5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 The lips of a fool bring [him] into troubles, And his bold mouth calls for death.
6 Los labios del necio vienen con pleito; y su boca á cuestiones llama.
6 A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
7 A fool’s mouth is ruin to him, And his lips are a snare to his soul.
7 La boca del necio es quebrantamiento para sí, y sus labios son lazos para su alma.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 Fear casts down the slothful; And the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.
8 Las palabras del chismoso parecen blandas, y descienden hasta lo íntimo del vientre.
8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
9 A man who helps not himself by his labor Is brother of him that ruins himself.
9 También el que es negligente en su obra es hermano del hombre disipador.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 The name of the Lord is of great strength; And the righteous running to it are exalted.
10 Torre fuerte es el nombre de Jehová: á él correrá el justo, y será levantado.
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 The wealth of a rich man is a strong city; And its glory casts a broad shadow.
11 Las riquezas del rico son la ciudad de su fortaleza, y como un muro alto en su imaginación.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 Before ruin a man’s heart is exalted, And before honor it is humble.
12 Antes del quebrantamiento se eleva el corazón del hombre, y antes de la honra es el abatimiento.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
13 Whoso answers a word before he hears [a cause], It is folly and reproach to him.
13 El que responde palabra antes de oir, le es fatuidad y oprobio.
13 He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
14 A wise servant calms a man’s anger; But who can endure a faint-hearted man?
14 El ánimo del hombre soportará su enfermedad: mas ¿quién soportará al ánimo angustiado?
14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
15 The heart of the sensible [man] purchases discretion; And the ears of the wise seek understanding.
15 El corazón del entendido adquiere sabiduría; y el oído de los sabios busca la ciencia.
15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 A man’s gift enlarges him, And seats him among princes.
16 El presente del hombre le ensancha [el camino], y le lleva delante de los grandes.
16 A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17 A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, But when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.
17 El primero en su propia causa [parece] justo; y su adversario viene, y le sondea.
17 He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
18 A silent [man] quells strifes, And determines between great powers.
18 La suerte pone fin á los pleitos, y desparte los fuertes.
18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
19 A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; And is [as] strong as a [well]-founded palace.
19 El hermano ofendido [es más tenaz] que una ciudad fuerte: y las contiendas [de los hermanos] son como cerrojos de alcázar.
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
20 A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; And he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips.
20 Del fruto de la boca del hombre se hartará su vientre; hartaráse del producto de 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 Life and death are in the power of the tongue; And they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.
21 La muerte y la vida están en poder de la lengua; y el que la ama comerá de sus frutos.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 He that has found a good wife has found favors, And has received gladness from God.
22 El que halló esposa halló el bien, y alcanzó la benevolencia de Jehová. 23 El pobre habla con ruegos; mas el rico responde durezas. 24 El hombre [que tiene] amigos, ha de mostrarse amigo: y amigo hay más conjunto que el hermano.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh. 23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly. 24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
22a He that puts away a good wife, puts away a good thing, And he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.
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Cross references (23)
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
- 22a Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 12:4; Ecclesiastes 9:9; 1 Corinthians 7:2
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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)