Proverbs · Catholic Public Domain Version
Proverbs 7 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 My son, guard my words and conceal my precepts within you.
1 HIJO mío, guarda mis razones, y encierra contigo mis mandamientos.
2 Son, preserve my commandments, and you shall live. And keep my law as the pupil of your eye.
2 Guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás; y mi ley como las niñas de tus ojos.
3 Bind it with your fingers; write it on the tablets of your heart.
3 Lígalos á tus dedos; escríbelos en la tabla de tu corazón.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call prudence your friend.
4 Di á la sabiduría: Tú eres mi hermana; y á la inteligencia llama parienta:
5 So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
5 Para que te guarden de la mujer ajena, y de la extraña que ablanda sus palabras.
6 For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice,
6 Porque mirando yo por la ventana de mi casa, por mi celosía,
7 and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth,
7 Vi entre los simples, consideré entre los jóvenes, un mancebo falto de entendimiento,
8 who crosses the street at the corner and close to the way of that house.
8 El cual pasaba por la calle, junto á la esquina de aquella, é iba camino de su casa,
9 He steps into shadows, as day becomes evening, into the darkness and gloom of the night.
9 A la tarde del día, ya que oscurecía, en la oscuridad y tiniebla de la noche.
10 And behold, a woman meets him, dressed like a harlot, prepared to captivate souls: chattering and rambling,
10 Y he aquí, una mujer que le sale al encuentro con atavío de ramera, astuta de corazón,
11 unwilling to bear silence, unable to keep her feet at home,
11 Alborotadora y rencillosa, sus pies no pueden estar en casa;
12 now outside, now in the streets, now lying in ambush near the corners.
12 Unas veces de fuera, ó bien por las plazas, acechando por todas las esquinas.
13 And overtaking the youth, she kisses him, and with a provocative face, she flatters him, saying:
13 Y traba de él, y bésalo; desvergonzó su rostro, y díjole:
14 “I vowed sacrifices for well-being. Today I have repaid my vows.
14 Sacrificios de paz había prometido, hoy he pagado mis votos;
15 Because of this, I have gone out to meet you, desiring to see you, and I have found you.
15 Por tanto he salido á encontrarte, buscando diligentemente tu rostro, y te he hallado.
16 I have woven my bed with cords. I have strewn it with embroidered tapestries from Egypt.
16 Con paramentos he ataviado mi cama, recamados con cordoncillo de Egipto.
17 I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloe, and cinnamon.
17 He sahumado mi cámara con mirra, áloes, y cinamomo.
18 Come, let us be inebriated in abundance, and let us delight in the embraces of desire, until the day begins to dawn.
18 Ven, embriaguémonos de amores hasta la mañana; alegrémonos en amores.
19 For my husband is not in his house. He has gone away on a very long journey.
19 Porque el marido no está en casa, hase ido á un largo viaje:
20 He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon.”
20 El saco de dinero llevó en su mano; el día señalado volverá á su casa.
21 She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips.
21 Rindiólo con la mucha suavidad de sus palabras, obligóle con la blandura de sus labios.
22 Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,
22 Vase en pos de ella luego, como va el buey al degolladero, y como el loco á las prisiones para ser castigado;
23 until the arrow pierces his liver. It is just as if a bird were to hurry into the snare. And he does not know that his actions endanger his own soul.
23 Como el ave que se apresura al lazo, y no sabe que es contra su vida, hasta que la saeta traspasó su hígado.
24 Therefore, my son, hear me now, and attend to the words of my mouth.
24 Ahora pues, hijos, oidme, y estad atentos á las razones de mi boca.
25 Do not let your mind be pulled into her ways. And do not be deceived by her paths.
25 No se aparte á sus caminos tu corazón; no yerres en sus veredas.
26 For she has tossed aside many wounded, and some of those who were very strong have been slain by her.
26 Porque á muchos ha hecho caer heridos; y aun los más fuertes han sido muertos por ella.
27 Her household is the way to Hell, reaching even to the inner places of death.
27 Caminos del sepulcro son su casa, que descienden á las cámaras de la muerte.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
- 2 Psalm 17:8; Leviticus 18:5; Proverbs 4:4; 1 John 2:3–4; John 14:21
- 3 Deuteronomy 11:18–20; Proverbs 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8–9; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 4 Proverbs 2:2–4; Proverbs 4:6–8; Job 17:14; Song of Songs 8:1; Matthew 12:49–50
- 5 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 5:3
- 6 Genesis 26:8; Judges 5:28; 2 Samuel 6:16
- 7 Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 9:4; Matthew 15:16
- 8 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 5:8; Proverbs 4:14–15; Jude 23
- 9 Romans 13:12–14; Job 24:13–15; Genesis 39:11; Ephesians 5:11; Exodus 12:6
- 10 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 3:16–24; 1 Timothy 2:9; 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30
- 11 Proverbs 9:13; Titus 2:5; 1 Timothy 5:13–14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 25:24
- 12 Proverbs 23:28; Proverbs 9:14; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 2:36
- 13 Numbers 25:6–8; Genesis 39:12; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 2:4; Proverbs 21:29
- 14 Proverbs 21:27; Leviticus 7:11; Proverbs 17:1; John 18:28; Proverbs 15:8
- 16 Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7; Revelation 2:22; Proverbs 31:22; 1 Kings 10:28
- 17 Psalm 45:8; Isaiah 57:7–9; Song of Songs 4:13–14; Exodus 30:23; Song of Songs 3:6
- 19 Matthew 20:11; Luke 12:45–46; Mark 13:34–36; Luke 12:39; Matthew 24:48
- 20 2 Chronicles 2:4
- 21 Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5; 2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Psalm 12:2
- 22 Job 13:27; Acts 16:24; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 14:13
- 23 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 1:17; Numbers 25:8–9
- 24 Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 4:1; 1 John 2:1; Proverbs 8:32–33; Galatians 4:19
- 25 Proverbs 5:8; Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28; Psalm 119:176
- 26 Nehemiah 13:26; 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Proverbs 6:33; 1 Kings 11:1–2
- 27 Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Revelation 22:15; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 7:26
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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).
Take heed then, brethren, and hold fast the traditions which ye now receive, and write them an the table of your heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)