Proverbs · Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 21 Berean Standard Bible
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1 The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
1 COMO los repartimientos de las aguas, así está el corazón del rey en la mano de Jehová: á todo lo que quiere lo inclina.
2 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
2 Todo camino del hombre es recto en su opinión: mas Jehová pesa los corazones.
3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
3 Hacer justicia y juicio es á Jehová más agradable que sacrificio.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
4 Altivez de ojos, y orgullo de corazón, y el brillo de los impíos, son pecado.
5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
5 Los pensamientos del solícito ciertamente [van] á abundancia; mas todo presuroso, indefectiblemente á pobreza.
6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
6 Allegar tesoros con lengua de mentira, es vanidad desatentada de aquellos que buscan la muerte.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
7 La rapiña de los impíos los destruirá; por cuanto no quisieron hacer juicio.
8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
8 El camino del hombre perverso es torcido y extraño: mas la obra del limpio es recta.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
9 Mejor es vivir en un rincón de zaquizamí, que con la mujer rencillosa en espaciosa casa.
10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
10 El alma del impío desea mal: su prójimo no le parece bien.
11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
11 Cuando el escarnecedor es castigado, el simple se hace sabio; y cuando se amonestare al sabio, aprenderá ciencia.
12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
12 Considera el justo la casa del impío: [cómo] los impíos son trastornados por el mal.
13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
13 El que cierra su oído al clamor del pobre, también él clamará, y no será oído.
14 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
14 El presente en secreto amansa el furor, y el don en el seno, la fuerte ira.
15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
15 Alegría es al justo hacer juicio; mas quebrantamiento á los que hacen iniquidad.
16 The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
16 El hombre que se extravía del camino de la sabiduría, vendrá á parar en la compañía de los muertos.
17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
17 Hombre necesitado será el que ama el deleite: y el que ama el vino y ungüentos no enriquecerá.
18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
18 El rescate del justo es el impío, y por los rectos el prevaricador.
19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
19 Mejor es morar en tierra del desierto, que con la mujer rencillosa é iracunda.
20 Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
20 Tesoro codiciable y pingüe hay en la casa del sabio; mas el hombre insensato lo disipará.
21 He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
21 El que sigue la justicia y la misericordia, hallará la vida, la justicia, y la honra.
22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
22 La ciudad de los fuertes tomó el sabio, y derribó la fuerza en que ella confiaba.
23 He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
23 El que guarda su boca y su lengua, su alma guarda de angustias.
24 Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
24 Soberbio y presuntuoso escarnecedor es el nombre del que obra con orgullosa saña.
25 The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
25 El deseo del perezoso le mata, porque sus manos no quieren trabajar.
26 All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
26 Hay quien todo el día codicia: mas el justo da, y no desperdicia.
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
27 El sacrificio de los impíos es abominación: ¡cuánto más ofreciéndolo con maldad!
28 A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
28 El testigo mentiroso perecerá: mas el hombre que oye, permanecerá en su dicho.
29 A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
29 El hombre impío afirma su rostro: mas el recto ordena sus caminos.
30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
30 No hay sabiduría, ni inteligencia, ni consejo, contra Jehová.
31 A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
31 El caballo se apareja para el día de la batalla: mas de Jehová es el salvar.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 16:9; Ezra 6:22; Proverbs 20:24; Acts 7:10; Proverbs 16:1
- 2 Proverbs 16:2; Luke 16:15; Proverbs 16:25; Jeremiah 17:10; Proverbs 30:12
- 3 1 Samuel 15:22; Hosea 6:6; Proverbs 15:8; Micah 6:6–8; Mark 12:33
- 4 Proverbs 6:17; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 8:13; Isaiah 2:17; Luke 18:14
- 5 Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 10:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; Proverbs 27:23–27; Ephesians 4:28
- 6 Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 20:21; Jeremiah 17:11; Proverbs 8:36
- 7 Proverbs 21:21; Ephesians 5:6; Micah 3:9–12; Zechariah 5:3–4; Proverbs 22:22–23
- 8 1 John 3:3; Daniel 12:10; 1 Peter 1:22–23; Proverbs 2:15; 1 Corinthians 3:3
- 9 Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 27:15–16; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 12:4
- 10 1 John 2:16; Micah 3:2–3; Proverbs 3:29; Mark 7:21–22; 1 Corinthians 10:6
- 11 Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 9:9; Acts 5:5; Proverbs 18:1
- 12 Proverbs 14:11; Psalm 37:35–36; Psalm 107:43; 2 Peter 3:6–7; Proverbs 14:32
- 13 Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 28:27; Matthew 6:14; James 2:13–16; Matthew 7:2
- 14 Proverbs 19:6; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 17:8; Matthew 6:3–4; 1 Samuel 25:35
- 15 Proverbs 10:29; Matthew 7:23; Isaiah 64:5; Ecclesiastes 3:12; Job 29:12–17
- 16 Hebrews 10:38; Psalm 125:5; Hebrews 10:26–27; Zephaniah 1:6; Psalm 49:14
- 17 Proverbs 23:21; 1 Timothy 5:6; 2 Timothy 3:4; Proverbs 5:10–11; Proverbs 21:20
- 18 Proverbs 11:8; Isaiah 43:3–4; Isaiah 53:4–5; 1 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 55:8–9
- 19 Proverbs 21:9; Psalm 55:6–7; Psalm 120:5–6; Jeremiah 9:2
- 20 Matthew 25:3–4; Psalm 112:3; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Proverbs 15:6; Ecclesiastes 7:11
- 21 Matthew 5:6; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Proverbs 22:4; Proverbs 15:9; 1 Timothy 6:11
- 22 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Proverbs 24:5; Ecclesiastes 9:13–18; 2 Samuel 5:6–9; 2 Samuel 20:16–22
- 23 Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 17:27–28; James 1:26; Proverbs 12:13
- 24 Psalm 1:1; Ecclesiastes 7:8–9; Matthew 2:16; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 1:22
- 25 Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:26; Proverbs 19:24; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 26:16
- 26 Psalm 37:26; Psalm 112:9; Acts 20:33–35; Ephesians 4:28; Luke 6:30–36
- 27 Isaiah 66:3; Proverbs 15:8; Matthew 23:13; Jeremiah 6:20; Amos 5:21–22
- 28 2 Corinthians 4:13; Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 19:9; Deuteronomy 19:16–19; Exodus 23:1
- 29 1 Thessalonians 3:11; Haggai 1:7; Proverbs 11:5; Haggai 2:18–19; Ezekiel 18:28
- 30 Acts 5:39; Proverbs 19:21; Jeremiah 9:23; Isaiah 14:27; 1 Corinthians 3:19–20
- 31 Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 31:1; Psalm 33:17–18; Psalm 147:10; Psalm 3:3
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… end, when he said, "All these are delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will I give them." For it is not he who has appointed the kingdoms of this world, but God; for "the heart of the king is in the hand of God." And the Word also says by Solomon, "By me kings do reign, and princes administer …
For the waters are fled from the rebuke of God; because "the heart of kings is in the hand of God, He hath bent it whither He would;" He commanded peace to be given by them to the Christians; the authority of the Apostles sprang up and towered high....The waters fled from the rebuke of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Let each, as he can recall to mind what he hath heard, by mutual conversation stir up the food ye have received, ruminate on what ye have heard, let it not descend in you into the bowels of forgetfulness. Let the treasure to be desired rest upon your lips.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)