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Proverbs 27 Catholic Public Domain Version

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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.
1 NO te jactes del día de mañana; porque no sabes qué dará de sí el día.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.
2 Alábete el extraño, y no tu boca; el ajeno, y no tus labios.
3 A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.
3 Pesada es la piedra, y la arena pesa; mas la ira del necio es más pesada que ambas cosas.
4 Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?
4 Cruel es la ira, é impetuoso el furor; mas ¿quién parará delante de la envidia?
5 An open rebuke is better than hidden love.
5 Mejor es reprensión manifiesta que amor oculto.
6 The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.
6 Fieles son las heridas del que ama; pero importunos los besos del que aborrece.
7 A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.
7 El alma harta huella el panal de miel; mas al alma hambrienta todo lo amargo es dulce.
8 Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.
8 Cual ave que se va de su nido, tal es el hombre que se va de su lugar.
9 Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.
9 El ungüento y el perfume alegran el corazón: y el amigo al hombre con el cordial consejo.
10 Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.
10 No dejes á tu amigo, ni al amigo de tu padre; ni entres en casa de tu hermano el día de tu aflicción: mejor es el vecino cerca que el hermano lejano.
11 My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.
11 Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón, y tendré qué responder al que me deshonrare.
12 The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
12 El avisado ve el mal, [y] escóndese; [mas] los simples pasan, [y] llevan el daño.
13 Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.
13 Quítale su ropa al que fió al extraño; y [al que fió] á la extraña, tómale prenda.
14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.
14 El que bendice á su amigo en alta voz, madrugando de mañana, por maldición se le contará.
15 A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.
15 Gotera continua en tiempo de lluvia, y la mujer rencillosa, son semejantes:
16 He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.
16 El que pretende contenerla, arresta el viento: ó el aceite en su mano derecha.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
17 Hierro con hierro se aguza; y el hombre aguza el rostro de su amigo.
18 Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.
18 El que guarda la higuera, comerá su fruto; y el que guarda á su señor, será honrado.
19 In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.
19 Como un agua se parece á otra, así el corazón del hombre al otro.
20 Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.
20 El sepulcro y la perdición nunca se hartan: así los ojos del hombre nunca están satisfechos.
21 In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.
21 El crisol [prueba] la plata, y la hornaza el oro: y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.
22 Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.
22 Aunque majes al necio en un mortero entre granos de trigo á pisón majados, no se quitará de él su necedad.
23 Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,
23 Considera atentamente el aspecto de tus ovejas; pon tu corazón á tus rebaños:
24 for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.
24 Porque las riquezas no son para siempre; ¿y [será] la corona para perpetuas generaciones?
25 The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.
25 Saldrá la grama, aparecerá la hierba, y segaránse las hierbas de los montes.
26 Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.
26 Los corderos para tus vestidos, y los cabritos para el precio del campo:
27 Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.
27 Y abundancia de leche de las cabras para tu mantenimiento, y para mantenimiento de tu casa, y para sustento de tus criadas.
Cross references (27)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 James 4:13–16; Luke 12:19–20; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Samuel 28:19
  2. 2 2 Corinthians 10:18; Proverbs 25:27; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 12:11
  3. 3 Daniel 3:19; 1 John 3:12; Proverbs 17:12; Genesis 49:7; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
  4. 4 Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 14:30; James 3:14–16; Job 5:2; Matthew 27:18
  5. 5 Proverbs 28:23; 1 Timothy 5:20; Galatians 2:14; Matthew 18:15; Leviticus 19:17
  6. 6 Psalm 141:5; Revelation 3:19; Job 5:17–18; Proverbs 26:23–26; 2 Samuel 12:7–15
  7. 7 Luke 15:16–17; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:18–20; Numbers 11:4–9; John 6:9
  8. 8 Proverbs 21:16; Isaiah 16:2; Jonah 1:3; 1 Corinthians 7:20; Jonah 1:10–17
  9. 9 Proverbs 16:23–24; Proverbs 16:21; Psalm 23:5; Proverbs 15:23; Psalm 104:15
  10. 10 Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 17:17; 1 Kings 12:6–8; Luke 10:30–37; Proverbs 19:7
  11. 11 Proverbs 10:1; Psalm 119:42; Proverbs 23:15–16; 2 John 4; Proverbs 23:24–25
  12. 12 Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 18:10; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 3:10–14; 2 Peter 3:7
  13. 13 Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 6:1–4; Proverbs 22:26–27; Exodus 22:26
  14. 14 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Acts 12:22–23; Jeremiah 28:2–4; 1 Kings 22:13; 2 Samuel 15:2–7
  15. 15 Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Job 14:19
  16. 16 John 12:3
  17. 17 Hebrews 10:24; Proverbs 27:9; Job 4:3–4; 1 Samuel 23:16; Isaiah 35:3–4
  18. 18 1 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Timothy 2:6; Song of Songs 8:12; Luke 12:37; John 12:26
  19. 19 James 1:22–25; Psalm 33:15; Mark 7:21; Genesis 6:5
  20. 20 Ecclesiastes 1:8; 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 30:15–16; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Habakkuk 2:5
  21. 21 Proverbs 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 66:10; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7
  22. 22 Proverbs 23:35; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 1:5; Revelation 16:10–11; Exodus 14:5
  23. 23 1 Peter 5:2; John 21:15–17; Genesis 33:13; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Proverbs 24:32
  24. 24 Proverbs 23:5; 1 Timothy 6:17–18; Zephaniah 1:18; James 1:10; Isaiah 9:7
  25. 25 Proverbs 10:5; Psalm 104:14
  26. 26 Job 31:20
  27. 27 Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 30:8–9

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

  1. Quotes verse 27:8 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XII, Chapters XXIV–XXVII)

    Have pity, O Lord God, lest they who pass by trample on the unfledged bird; and send Thine angel, who may restore it to its nest that it may live until it can fly.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  2. Quotes verse 27:2 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter VIII — 15-18)

    Hence it is written, "Let not thy own mouth praise thee, but let thy neighbor's" mouth praise thee. But this was said to man.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 27:2 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter XIII — 10-15)

    There is a precept laid on man: "Let not thine own mouth praise thee, but the mouth of thy neighbor." For self-pleasing is a perilous thing for one who has to be on his guard against falling into pride.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)