Proverbs 23 Darby Translation
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1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
1 CUANDO te sentares á comer con algún señor, considera bien lo que estuviere delante de ti;
2 and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
2 Y pon cuchillo á tu garganta, si tienes gran apetito.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
3 No codicies sus manjares delicados, porque es pan engañoso.
4 Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
4 No trabajes por ser rico; pon coto á tu prudencia.
5 wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
5 ¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, siendo ningunas? porque hacerse han alas, como alas de águila, y volarán al cielo.
6 Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
6 No comas pan de [hombre de] mal ojo, ni codicies sus manjares:
7 For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.
7 Porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; mas su corazón no está contigo.
8 Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
8 Vomitarás la parte que tú comiste, y perderás tus suaves palabras.
9 Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
9 No hables á oídos del necio; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones.
10 Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
10 No traspases el término antiguo, ni entres en la heredad de los huérfanos:
11 for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
11 Porque el defensor de ellos es el Fuerte, el cual juzgará la causa de ellos contra ti.
12 Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
12 Aplica tu corazón á la enseñanza, y tus oídos á las palabras de sabiduría.
13 Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
13 No rehuses la corrección del muchacho: [porque] si lo hirieres con vara, no morirá.
14 thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
14 Tú lo herirás con vara, y librarás su alma del infierno.
15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
15 Hijo mío, si tu corazón fuere sabio, también á mí se me alegrará el corazón;
16 and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
16 Mis entrañas también se alegrarán, cuando tus labios hablaren cosas rectas.
17 Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
17 No tenga tu corazón envidia de los pecadores, antes [persevera] en el temor de Jehová todo tiempo:
18 for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
18 Porque ciertamente hay fin, y tu esperanza no será cortada.
19 Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
19 Oye tú, hijo mío, y sé sabio, y endereza tu corazón al camino.
20 Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
20 No estés con los bebedores de vino, ni con los comedores de carne:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
21 Porque el bebedor y el comilón empobrecerán: y el sueño hará vestir vestidos rotos.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
22 Oye á tu padre, á aquel que te engendró; y cuando tu madre envejeciere, no la menosprecies.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
23 Compra la verdad, y no la vendas; la sabiduría, la enseñanza, y la inteligencia.
24 The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
24 Mucho se alegrará el padre del justo: y el que engendró sabio se gozará con él.
25 let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
25 Alégrense tu padre y tu madre, y gócese la que te engendró.
26 My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
26 Dame, hijo mío, tu corazón, y miren tus ojos por mis caminos.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
27 Porque sima profunda es la ramera, y pozo angosto la extraña.
28 She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
28 También ella, como robador, acecha, y multiplica entre los hombres los prevaricadores.
29 Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
29 ¿Para quién será el ay? ¿para quién el ay? ¿para quién las rencillas? ¿para quién las quejas? ¿para quién las heridas en balde? ¿para quién lo amoratado de los ojos?
30 — They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
30 Para los que se detienen mucho en el vino, para los que van buscando la mistura.
31 Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
31 No mires al vino cuando rojea, cuando resplandece su color en el vaso: éntrase suavemente;
32 at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
32 [Mas] al fin como serpiente morderá, y como basilisco dará dolor:
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
33 Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas, y tu corazón hablará perversidades.
34 and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:
34 Y serás como el que yace en medio de la mar, ó como el que está en la punta de un mastelero.
35 — “They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.”
35 [Y dirás]: Hiriéronme, mas no me dolió; azotáronme, mas no lo sentí; cuando despertare, aun lo tornaré á buscar.
Cross references (34)
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- 1 Genesis 43:32–34; Jude 12
- 2 Philippians 3:19; Matthew 18:8–9; 1 Corinthians 9:27
- 3 Proverbs 23:6; Psalm 141:4; Luke 21:34; Ephesians 4:22; Daniel 1:8
- 4 Hebrews 13:5; Proverbs 28:20; 1 Timothy 6:8–10; Matthew 6:19; Proverbs 3:5
- 5 Proverbs 27:24; 1 John 2:16; Matthew 6:19; James 5:1–2; 1 Timothy 6:17
- 6 Psalm 141:4; Proverbs 23:3; Daniel 1:8–10; Deuteronomy 15:9; Matthew 20:15
- 7 Psalm 12:2; Psalm 55:21; Judges 16:15; Matthew 9:3–4; Luke 11:37–54
- 9 Proverbs 9:7–8; Matthew 7:6; Proverbs 26:4–5; Proverbs 1:7; Acts 13:45–46
- 10 Zechariah 7:10; Proverbs 22:28; Jeremiah 22:3; Deuteronomy 27:17; James 1:27
- 11 Proverbs 22:23; Job 19:25; Exodus 22:22–24; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 12:5
- 12 Proverbs 5:1–2; Proverbs 2:2–6; Proverbs 23:19; James 1:21–25; Ezekiel 33:31
- 13 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17
- 14 1 Corinthians 5:5; Proverbs 22:15; 1 Corinthians 11:32
- 15 Proverbs 23:24–25; 2 John 4; Zephaniah 3:17; 3 John 3–4; Proverbs 29:3
- 16 Proverbs 8:6; Ephesians 5:4; James 3:2; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:4
- 17 Proverbs 28:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Proverbs 15:16; 1 Peter 1:17; Ecclesiastes 5:7
- 18 Hebrews 10:35; Jeremiah 29:11; Psalm 9:18; Proverbs 24:14; Philippians 1:20
- 19 Proverbs 23:26; Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 4:10–23; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 9:6
- 20 Luke 21:34; Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:22; Romans 13:13; Isaiah 5:11
- 21 Proverbs 21:17; Philippians 3:19; Proverbs 19:15; Deuteronomy 21:20; Galatians 5:21
- 22 Proverbs 30:17; Proverbs 1:8; John 19:26–27; Proverbs 6:20; Ephesians 6:1–2
- 23 Proverbs 18:15; Matthew 13:44; Psalm 119:72; Proverbs 16:16; Isaiah 55:1
- 24 Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 23:15–16; Proverbs 29:3; Philemon 20
- 25 Proverbs 17:25; Luke 1:58; Luke 11:27–28; 1 Chronicles 4:9–10; Luke 1:40–47
- 26 Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:9–11; Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 10:37–38; Proverbs 4:25–27
- 27 Proverbs 22:14
- 28 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 7:12; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Hosea 4:11; Proverbs 22:14
- 29 Ephesians 5:18; 1 Samuel 25:36–37; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:22; 2 Samuel 13:28
- 30 Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:11; Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 9:2; Amos 6:6
- 31 1 John 2:16; Psalm 119:37; 2 Samuel 11:2; Proverbs 6:25; Mark 9:47
- 32 Isaiah 28:7–8; Isaiah 28:3; Luke 16:25–26; Exodus 7:12; Amos 5:19
- 33 Jude 12–13; Proverbs 31:5; Proverbs 2:12; Hosea 7:5; Genesis 19:32–38
- 34 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7; 1 Kings 16:9; Luke 21:34; Luke 17:27–29; Matthew 24:38
- 35 Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Corinthians 15:32–34; 2 Peter 2:22; Proverbs 26:11
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