Proverbs · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Proverbs 2 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
1 HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,
2 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:
2 Haciendo estar atento tu oído á la sabiduría; [si] inclinares tu corazón á la prudencia;
3 For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
3 Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz;
4 If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
4 Si como á la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como á tesoros;
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.
5 Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
6 Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.
6 Porque Jehová da la sabiduría, y de su boca [viene] el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
7 He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.
7 El provee de sólida sabiduría á los rectos: [es] escudo á los que caminan rectamente.
8 Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
8 [Es] el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos.
9 Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.
9 Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
10 If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:
10 Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,
11 Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
11 El consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia:
12 That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:
12 Para librarte del mal camino, de los hombres que hablan perversidades;
13 Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
13 Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar en caminos tenebrosos;
14 Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:
14 Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio;
15 Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
15 Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y torcidos sus caminos.
16 That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:
16 Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;
17 And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
17 Que desampara el príncipe de su mocedad, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.
18 And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
18 Por lo cual su casa está inclinada á la muerte, y sus veredas hacia los muertos:
19 None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,
19 Todos los que á ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.
20 That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
20 Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.
21 For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.
21 Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;
22 But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.
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).
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“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.
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