Proverbs · Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 2 Berean Standard Bible
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1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
1 HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,
2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
2 Haciendo estar atento tu oído á la sabiduría; [si] inclinares tu corazón á la prudencia;
3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
3 Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz;
4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
4 Si como á la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como á tesoros;
5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
5 Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
6 Porque Jehová da la sabiduría, y de su boca [viene] el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
7 El provee de sólida sabiduría á los rectos: [es] escudo á los que caminan rectamente.
8 to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
8 [Es] el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos.
9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
9 Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
10 Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,
11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
11 El consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia:
12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
12 Para librarte del mal camino, de los hombres que hablan perversidades;
13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
13 Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar en caminos tenebrosos;
14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
14 Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio;
15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
15 Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y torcidos sus caminos.
16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
16 Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;
17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
17 Que desampara el príncipe de su mocedad, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.
18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
18 Por lo cual su casa está inclinada á la muerte, y sus veredas hacia los muertos:
19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
19 Todos los que á ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.
20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
20 Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.
21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
21 Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
22 Mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra, y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 4:1; John 12:47–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9
- 2 Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 18:1; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 13:9; Psalm 119:111–112
- 3 James 1:5; Ephesians 1:17–18; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 25:4–5; 1 Kings 3:9–12
- 4 Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:29; Proverbs 16:16; Job 3:21; Proverbs 8:18–19
- 5 Proverbs 1:7; Jeremiah 24:7; Luke 10:22; 1 John 5:20; Luke 11:9–13
- 6 Ephesians 1:17–18; James 1:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 54:13; Job 32:8
- 7 James 3:15–17; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 84:11; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 8 Psalm 23:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:28–29; Psalm 145:20; Psalm 66:9
- 9 Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 1:2–6
- 10 Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; Job 23:12; Proverbs 24:13–14; Psalm 104:34
- 11 Proverbs 4:6; Ephesians 5:15; Psalm 25:21; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Psalm 119:9–11
- 12 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Isaiah 59:3–5
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 21:16; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 14 Romans 1:32; Proverbs 10:23; Jeremiah 11:15; Luke 22:4–5; 1 Corinthians 13:6
- 15 Psalm 125:5; Proverbs 21:8; Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 59:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5–23; Proverbs 23:27
- 17 Ezekiel 16:59–60; Jeremiah 3:4; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 2:14–16; Proverbs 5:18
- 18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Proverbs 9:18; Galatians 5:19–21; Revelation 21:8; Ephesians 5:5
- 19 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Psalm 81:12; Hosea 4:14; Matthew 19:24–26; Hebrews 6:18
- 20 Hebrews 6:12; 3 John 11; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 13:20
- 21 Psalm 84:11; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 10:30; Job 42:12
- 22 Psalm 52:5; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 10:30
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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).
For in these very books on the study of which they are intent, they read, "The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding;" and it is from Him they have received their very desire for knowledge, if it is wedded to piety.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)