Proverbs · Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 20 Berean Standard Bible
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1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
1 EL vino es escarnecedor, la cerveza alborotadora; y cualquiera que por ello errare, no será sabio.
2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
2 Como bramido de cachorro de león es el terror del rey: el que lo hace enfurecerse, peca [contra] su alma.
3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
3 Honra es del hombre dejarse de contienda: mas todo insensato se envolverá [en ella].
4 The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
4 El perezoso no ara á causa del invierno; pedirá pues en la siega, y no [hallará].
5 The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
5 [Como] aguas profundas es el consejo en el corazón del hombre: mas el hombre entendido lo alcanzará.
6 Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?
6 Muchos hombres publican cada uno su liberalidad: mas hombre de verdad, ¿quién lo hallará?
7 The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
7 El justo que camina en su integridad, bienaventurados serán sus hijos después de él.
8 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
8 El rey que se sienta en el trono de juicio, con su mirar disipa todo mal.
9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
9 ¿Quién podrá decir: Yo he limpiado mi corazón, limpio estoy de mi pecado?
10 Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
10 Doble pesa y doble medida, abominación son á Jehová ambas cosas.
11 Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
11 Aun el muchacho es conocido por sus hechos, si su obra fuere limpia y recta.
12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
12 El oído que oye, y el ojo que ve, ambas cosas ha igualmente hecho Jehová.
13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
13 No ames el sueño, porque no te empobrezcas; abre tus ojos, [y] te hartarás de pan.
14 “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
14 El que compra dice: malo es, malo es: mas en apartándose, se alaba.
15 There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
15 Hay oro y multitud de piedras preciosas: mas los labios sabios son vaso precioso.
16 Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
16 Quítale su ropa al que salió por fiador del extraño; y tómale prenda [al que fía] la extraña.
17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
17 Sabroso es al hombre el pan de mentira; mas después su boca será llena de cascajo.
18 Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
18 Los pensamientos con el consejo se ordenan: y con industria se hace la guerra.
19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
19 El que descubre el secreto, en chismes anda: no te entrometas, pues, con el que lisonjea con sus labios.
20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
20 El que maldice á su padre ó á su madre, su lámpara será apagada en oscuridad tenebrosa.
21 An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
21 La herencia adquirida de priesa al principio, aun su postrimería no será bendita.
22 Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
22 No digas, yo me vengaré; espera á Jehová, y él te salvará.
23 Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
23 Abominación son á Jehová las pesas dobles; y el peso falso no es bueno.
24 A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
24 De Jehová son los pasos del hombre: ¿cómo pues entenderá el hombre su camino?
25 It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
25 Lazo es al hombre el devorar lo santo, y andar pesquisando después de los votos.
26 A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
26 El rey sabio esparce los impíos, y sobre ellos hace tornar la rueda.
27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
27 Candela de Jehová es el alma del hombre, que escudriña lo secreto del vientre.
28 Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
28 Misericordia y verdad guardan al rey; y con clemencia sustenta su trono.
29 The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
29 La gloria de los jóvenes es su fortaleza, y la hermosura de los viejos la vejez.
30 Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
30 Las señales de las heridas son medicina para lo malo: y las llagas [llegan] á lo más secreto del vientre.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:18; Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Proverbs 31:4
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; 1 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 8:36; Hosea 11:10
- 3 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 19:11; Ephesians 4:32–5:1; Proverbs 14:29
- 4 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:24–28; Matthew 25:3–10
- 5 Proverbs 18:4; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Psalm 64:6
- 6 Psalm 12:1; Matthew 6:2; Luke 18:8; Luke 22:33; Proverbs 27:2
- 7 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 37:26; Jeremiah 32:39; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 2:39
- 8 Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 99:4; Psalm 92:9
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8–10; 1 Kings 8:46; Job 14:4; Job 15:14
- 10 Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35; Deuteronomy 25:13–15
- 11 Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:43–44; Proverbs 21:8; Luke 2:46–47; Psalm 51:5
- 12 Matthew 13:13–16; Psalm 94:9; Psalm 119:18; Exodus 4:11; Ephesians 1:17–18
- 13 Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:15; Romans 13:11; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 10:4
- 14 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- 15 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 16:16; Romans 10:14–15
- 16 Proverbs 27:13; Exodus 22:26–27; Proverbs 22:26–27; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 7:5
- 17 Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Job 20:12–20; Lamentations 3:15–16; Hebrews 11:25
- 18 Luke 14:31; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Judges 1:1–2; Proverbs 11:14
- 19 Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 13:3; Romans 16:18; Proverbs 18:8; Leviticus 19:16
- 20 Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 30:11; Proverbs 30:17; Matthew 15:4; Jude 13
- 21 1 Timothy 6:9; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 28:22
- 22 Romans 12:17–19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 24:29; Proverbs 17:13; 1 Peter 3:9
- 23 Proverbs 20:10; Hosea 12:7; Ezekiel 45:10; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5
- 24 Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 25:4
- 25 Ecclesiastes 5:4–6; Matthew 5:33; Numbers 30:2–16; Leviticus 27:9–10; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 12:31; Psalm 101:5–8; 2 Samuel 4:9–12; Isaiah 28:27–28
- 27 1 Corinthians 2:11; Hebrews 4:12–13; Job 32:8; 1 John 3:19–21; Genesis 2:7
- 28 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 101:1; Isaiah 16:5
- 29 1 John 2:14; Proverbs 16:31; Leviticus 19:32; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 30 Hebrews 12:10; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 19:25; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 27:9
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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 [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "The Spirit of the Lord is a candle searching the secret parts of the belly." Let us reflect how near He is, and that none of the thoughts or reasonings in which we engage are hid from Him.
Because, "When the righteous King sitteth on the throne, who will glory that his heart is pure?" It may be thou dost not discover anything in thine own conscience; but He who seeth better, whose Divine glance penetrateth into deeper things, discovereth it may be something, He seeth it may be something, He discovereth something.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Here then it is further required, that each of you be found faithful in his conscience: for a faithful man it is hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So too it is said by Solomon, "For the wise king is the winnower of the ungodly, and he bringeth on them the wheel of the wicked.--After Thine height Thou hast multiplied the sons of men." For there is in temporal things too a multiplication, which turns away from the unity of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For there be many that please themselves, and think themselves righteous; and there is another passage which goeth against them, which saith, "Who shall boast that he hath a clean heart, and that he is pure from sin?" There is then, so to speak, a limit to glorying in our conscience, namely, to know that thy faith is sincere, thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)