Proverbs 14 Free Bible Version
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1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the stupid woman tears it down with her own hands.
1 LA mujer sabia edifica su casa: mas la necia con sus manos la derriba.
2 Those who live right respect the Lord, but those who live dishonestly despise him.
2 El que camina en su rectitud teme á Jehová: mas el pervertido en sus caminos lo menosprecia.
3 What stupid people say punishes their pride, but what wise people say will protect them.
3 En la boca del necio está la vara de la soberbia: mas los labios de los sabios los guardarán.
4 Without oxen, the manger is empty, but a good harvest comes through the ox's strength.
4 Sin bueyes el granero está limpio: mas por la fuerza del buey hay abundancia de pan.
5 A trustworthy witness doesn't lie, but a false witness is deceptive.
5 El testigo verdadero no mentirá: mas el testigo falso hablará mentiras.
6 It's pointless for a scoffer to look for wisdom, but knowledge comes easily to someone who understands.
6 Busca el escarnecedor la sabiduría, y no [la halla]: mas la sabiduría al hombre entendido es fácil.
7 Stay away from stupid people—you won't learn anything from them.
7 Vete de delante del hombre necio, porque [en él] no advertirás labios de ciencia.
8 Sensible people use their wisdom to decide where they're going, but the foolishness of stupid people is treacherous.
8 La ciencia del cuerdo es entender su camino: mas la indiscreción de los necios es engaño.
9 Stupid people laugh at sin, but good people want forgiveness.
9 Los necios se mofan del pecado: mas entre los rectos hay favor.
10 The mind alone knows its sadness, and no one else can share its happiness.
10 El corazón conoce la amargura de su alma; y extraño no se entrometerá en su alegría.
11 The house of wicked people will be destroyed, but the tent of good people will prosper.
11 La casa de los impíos será asolada: mas florecerá la tienda de los rectos.
12 There's a way that seems to be right, but in the end it's the way of death.
12 Hay camino que al hombre parece derecho; empero su fin son caminos de muerte.
13 Even when you're laughing you can be feeling sad—joy can end in grief.
13 Aun en la risa tendrá dolor el corazón; y el término de la alegría es congoja.
14 Disloyal people are repaid for what they do, and good people are rewarded.
14 De sus caminos será harto el apartado de razón: y el hombre de bien [estará contento] del [suyo].
15 Stupid people believe whatever they're told, but sensible people think about what they're doing.
15 El simple cree á toda palabra: mas el avisado entiende sus pasos.
16 Wise people are careful and avoid evil, but stupid people are confidently reckless.
16 El sabio teme, y se aparta del mal: mas el necio se arrebata, y confía.
17 Quick-tempered people act foolishly, while people who make evil plans are hated.
17 El que presto se enoja, hará locura: y el hombre malicioso será aborrecido.
18 The inheritance of stupid people is stupidity, but sensible people are rewarded with knowledge.
18 Los simples heredarán necedad: mas los cuerdos se coronarán de sabiduría.
19 Evil people bow down before good people, and the wicked bow down at the doors of those who do right.
19 Los malos se inclinarán delante de los buenos, y los impíos á las puertas del justo.
20 The poor are hated even by their neighbors, while the rich have many friends.
20 El pobre es odioso aun á su amigo: pero muchos son los que aman al rico.
21 People who look down on their neighbors are sinners, but those who are kind to the poor are blessed.
21 Peca el que menosprecia á su prójimo: mas el que tiene misericordia de los pobres, es bienaventurado.
22 Aren't people who plan to do evil wrong? But those who plan to do good have trustworthy love and faithfulness.
22 ¿No yerran los que piensan mal? Misericordia empero y verdad [alcanzarán] los que piensan bien.
23 There's profit in hard work, but just talking leads to poverty.
23 En toda labor hay fruto: mas la palabra de los labios solamente empobrece.
24 The wise are rewarded with wealth, but stupid people are rewarded with stupidity.
24 Las riquezas de los sabios son su corona: [mas] es infatuación la insensatez de los necios.
25 A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is treacherous.
25 El testigo verdadero libra las almas: mas el engañoso hablará mentiras.
26 People who honor the Lord are completely safe; he will protect their children.
26 En el temor de Jehová está la fuerte confianza; y esperanza tendrán sus hijos.
27 Respecting the Lord is like a fountain of life, so you can avoid the snares of death.
27 El temor de Jehová es manantial de vida, para apartarse de los lazos de la muerte.
28 The glory of a king is the number of his subjects, for a ruler is nothing without them.
28 En la multitud de pueblo está la gloria del rey: y en la falta de pueblo la flaqueza del príncipe.
29 If you're slow to get angry, you're very wise; but if you have a short fuse you glorify stupidity.
29 El que tarde se aira, es grande de entendimiento: mas el corto de espíritu engrandece el desatino.
30 A peaceful mind makes your body healthy, but jealousy makes your bones rot.
30 El corazón apacible es vida de las carnes: mas la envidia, pudrimiento de huesos.
31 Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, but anyone who is kind to the needy honors him.
31 El que oprime al pobre, afrenta á su Hacedor: mas el que tiene misericordia del pobre, lo honra.
32 Wicked people are brought down by their own evil actions, but those who live right are confident even in death.
32 Por su maldad será lanzado el impío: mas el justo en su muerte tiene esperanza.
33 Wisdom is at home in a mind that understands, but it's not found among stupid people.
33 En el corazón del cuerdo reposa la sabiduría; y es conocida en medio de los necios.
34 Doing right makes a nation successful, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
34 La justicia engrandece la nación: mas el pecado es afrenta de las naciones.
35 A servant who acts wisely is appreciated by the king, but he gets angry with a servant who acts disgracefully.
35 La benevolencia del rey es para con el ministro entendido: mas su enojo [contra] el que [lo] avergüenza.
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 24:3–4; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 21:19; Ruth 4:11
- 2 2 Timothy 3:2–3; Acts 10:35; Proverbs 28:6; Job 28:28; Romans 2:4–5
- 3 Proverbs 12:6; James 3:5–6; Revelation 12:11; Romans 10:9–10; Revelation 3:10
- 4 1 Corinthians 9:9–11; Proverbs 13:23; Amos 4:6
- 5 Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 6:19; Exodus 23:1; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 14:25
- 6 James 1:5; Matthew 13:11–12; Matthew 11:25–27; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; Proverbs 8:9
- 7 Proverbs 13:20; Ephesians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 5:11; Proverbs 9:6; Proverbs 19:27
- 8 Ephesians 5:17; 2 Timothy 3:13; James 3:13; Colossians 1:9–10; Psalm 119:73
- 9 Proverbs 10:23; Romans 14:17–18; Proverbs 26:18–19; Proverbs 13:15; Proverbs 30:20
- 10 Philippians 4:7; Proverbs 18:14; John 14:18; Proverbs 15:13; Revelation 2:17
- 11 Proverbs 3:33; Proverbs 12:7; Matthew 7:26–27; Proverbs 21:12; Job 21:28
- 12 Proverbs 16:25; Matthew 7:13–14; Proverbs 12:15; Galatians 6:3; Luke 13:24
- 13 Ecclesiastes 2:2; James 4:9; Luke 16:25; Ecclesiastes 7:5–6; Ecclesiastes 11:9
- 14 Galatians 6:8; Proverbs 12:14; Hebrews 3:12; Jeremiah 8:5; Jeremiah 2:19
- 15 Ephesians 5:17; Proverbs 14:8; 1 John 4:1; Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 4:26
- 16 Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Proverbs 29:9; Genesis 42:18
- 17 Proverbs 14:29; James 1:19; Proverbs 29:22; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Proverbs 15:18
- 18 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 5:4; 2 Timothy 4:8; Proverbs 3:35; Proverbs 11:29–30
- 19 Genesis 42:6; Malachi 4:3; Exodus 8:8; Exodus 9:27–28; Micah 7:9–10
- 20 Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 10:15; Proverbs 19:6–7; Job 30:10; Esther 5:10–11
- 21 Proverbs 28:27; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 17:5; 1 John 3:17–22
- 22 Proverbs 12:2; Matthew 5:7; John 1:17; Psalm 25:10; Proverbs 19:22
- 23 Proverbs 28:19; 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12; Proverbs 12:24; Hebrews 6:10–11; Ecclesiastes 5:3
- 24 Ecclesiastes 7:11–12; Luke 16:9; Luke 16:19–25; Psalm 112:9; Luke 12:19–20
- 25 Proverbs 14:5; Acts 26:16–20; 1 Timothy 4:1–3; 2 Peter 3:3; Acts 20:26–27
- 26 Proverbs 19:23; Jeremiah 32:39–40; Psalm 115:13–14; Proverbs 18:10; Proverbs 3:7–8
- 27 Proverbs 13:14; Revelation 21:6; Proverbs 2:10–18; Isaiah 33:6; Psalm 18:5
- 28 1 Kings 4:20–21; 2 Kings 13:7; Exodus 1:22; Exodus 1:12; 1 Kings 20:27
- 29 James 1:19; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 19:11; Proverbs 15:18
- 30 Proverbs 17:22; Job 5:2; Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 12:4
- 31 Proverbs 22:2; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 19:17; 1 John 4:21
- 32 2 Timothy 4:18; Psalm 23:4; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Revelation 14:13; Job 19:25–27
- 33 Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 15:28; Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 29:11; Proverbs 13:16
- 34 Psalm 107:34; Deuteronomy 28:1–68; Deuteronomy 29:18–28; Deuteronomy 4:6–8; Ezekiel 16:1–63
- 35 Matthew 24:45–51; Proverbs 22:11; Proverbs 29:12; Matthew 25:23; Matthew 25:21
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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).
The Scripture says, "In a wide nation is the king's honour; but in the domination of the people is the affliction of a prince." This wrong then thou dost unto Christ, to say that His people is diminished to that small number.
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