Proverbs · Brenton's English Septuagint
Proverbs 22 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favour is above silver and gold.
1 DE más estima es la buena fama que las muchas riquezas; y la buena gracia más que la plata y el oro.
2 The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both.
2 El rico y el pobre se encontraron: á todos ellos hizo Jehová.
3 An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, but fools pass by and are punished.
3 El avisado ve el mal, y escóndese: mas los simples pasan, y reciben el daño.
4 The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, and wealth, and glory, and life.
4 Riquezas, y honra, y vida, [son] la remuneración de la humildad [y] del temor de Jehová.
5 Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.
5 Espinas [y] lazos hay en el camino del perverso: el que guarda su alma se alejará de ellos. 6 Instruye al niño en su carrera: aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de ella.
7 The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters.
7 El rico se enseñoreará de los pobres; y el que toma prestado, siervo es del que empresta.
8 He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds.
8 El que sembrare iniquidad, iniquidad segará: y consumiráse la vara de su ira.
8a God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but [a man] shall fully prove the folly of his works.
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9 He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor.
9 El ojo misericordioso será bendito, porque dió de su pan al indigente.
9a He that gives liberally secures victory and honour; but he takes away the life of them that possess [them].
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10 Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonours all.
10 Echa fuera al escarnecedor, y saldrá la contienda, y cesará el pleito y la afrenta.
11 The Lord loves holy hearts, and all blameless persons are acceptable with him: a king rules with his lips.
11 El que ama la limpieza de corazón, [por] la gracia de sus labios su amigo será el rey.
12 But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises [wise] words.
12 Los ojos de Jehová miran por la ciencia; mas él trastorna las cosas de los prevaricadores.
13 The sluggard makes excuses, and says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.
13 Dice el perezoso: El león está fuera; en mitad de las calles seré muerto.
14 The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it.
14 Sima profunda es la boca de las extrañas: aquel contra el cual estuviere Jehová airado, caerá en ella.
14a Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.
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15 Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are [then] far from him.
15 La necedad está ligada en el corazón del muchacho; [mas] la vara de la corrección la hará alejar de él.
16 He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.
16 El que oprime al pobre para aumentarse él, y que da al rico, ciertamente [será] pobre.
17 Incline thine ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply thine heart,
17 Inclina tu oído, y oye las palabras de los sabios, y pon tu corazón á mi sabiduría:
18 that thou mayest know that they are good: and if thou lay them to heart, they shall also gladden thee on thy lips.
18 Porque es cosa deleitable, si las guardares en tus entrañas; y que juntamente sean ordenadas en tus labios.
19 That thy hope may be in the Lord, and he may make thy way known to thee.
19 Para que tu confianza sea en Jehová, te [las] he hecho saber hoy á ti también.
20 And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge.
20 ¿No te he escrito tres veces en consejos y ciencia,
21 I therefore teach thee truth, and knowledge good to hear; that thou mayest answer words of truth to them that question thee.
21 Para hacerte saber la certidumbre de las razones verdaderas, para que puedas responder razones de verdad á los que á ti enviaren?
22 Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless [man] in the gates.
22 No robes al pobre, porque es pobre, ni quebrantes en la puerta al afligido:
23 For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.
23 Porque Jehová juzgará la causa de ellos, y despojará el alma de aquellos que los despojaren.
24 Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man:
24 No te entrometas con el iracundo, ni te acompañes con el hombre de enojos;
25 lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul.
25 Porque no aprendas sus maneras, y tomes lazo para tu alma.
26 Become not surety from respect of a man's person.
26 No estés entre los que tocan la mano, entre los que fían por deudas.
27 For if those have not whence to give compensation, they will take the bed [that is] under thee.
27 Si no tuvieres para pagar, ¿por qué han de quitar tu cama de debajo de ti?
28 Remove not the old landmarks, which thy fathers placed.
28 No traspases el término antiguo que pusieron tus padres.
29 It is fit that an observant man and [one] diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men.
29 ¿Has visto hombre solícito en su obra? delante de los reyes estará; no estará delante de los de baja suerte.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 7:1; Luke 10:20; 1 Kings 1:47
- 2 Job 31:15; 1 Samuel 2:7; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 29:13; Job 34:19
- 3 Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 29:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–6; Hebrews 11:7
- 4 James 4:10; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 34:9–10; Proverbs 21:21; Psalm 112:1–3
- 5 Proverbs 16:17; Jude 20–21; 1 John 5:18; Proverbs 15:19; Psalm 18:26–27
- 7 2 Kings 4:1; Matthew 18:25; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 14:31
- 8 Galatians 6:7–8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 30:31; Psalm 125:3; Hosea 10:13
- 9 Proverbs 19:17; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 4:9
- 10 1 Corinthians 5:5–6; Proverbs 26:20–21; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Psalm 101:5; Nehemiah 13:28
- 11 Matthew 5:8; Proverbs 16:13; Psalm 101:6; Proverbs 14:35; Psalm 45:2
- 12 2 Timothy 3:8–9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Acts 13:8–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Job 5:12–13
- 13 Proverbs 26:13–16; Numbers 13:32–33; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 6:24–29; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:5–27
- 15 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 23:13–14; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 16 Proverbs 22:22–23; James 2:13; Psalm 12:5; James 5:1–5; Luke 14:12–14
- 17 Proverbs 23:12; Psalm 90:12; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 2:2–5
- 18 Jeremiah 15:16; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 8:6; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 15:7
- 19 Psalm 62:8; Isaiah 12:2; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 26:4; 1 Peter 1:21
- 20 2 Peter 1:19–21; Proverbs 8:6; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Psalm 12:6; Hosea 8:12
- 21 Luke 1:3–4; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 5:13; John 20:31
- 22 Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Exodus 23:6; Proverbs 22:16; Job 31:21
- 23 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 12:5; Jeremiah 51:36; Proverbs 23:11; 1 Samuel 25:39
- 24 Proverbs 29:22; 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Proverbs 21:24
- 25 1 Corinthians 15:33; Psalm 106:35; Proverbs 13:20
- 26 Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 6:1–5; Proverbs 27:13
- 27 Proverbs 20:16; 2 Kings 4:1; Exodus 22:26–27
- 28 Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Proverbs 23:10; Job 24:2
- 29 1 Kings 11:28; Matthew 25:21; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 10:4; Matthew 25:23
- 8a Galatians 6:7–8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 30:31; Psalm 125:3; Hosea 10:13
- 9a Proverbs 19:17; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 4:9
- 14a Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 6:24–29; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:5–27
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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).
Scripture says, "The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the Maker of them both." The rich and the poor meet together.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Because we incessantly move the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set. We encroach, we add house to house, field to field, to enrich ourselves at the expense of our neighbour.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)