Proverbs 21 Free Bible Version
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1 The Lord directs the king's decisions like a stream of water that he sends whichever way he wants.
1 COMO los repartimientos de las aguas, así está el corazón del rey en la mano de Jehová: á todo lo que quiere lo inclina.
2 People think that whatever they do is fine, but the Lord looks at their motives.
2 Todo camino del hombre es recto en su opinión: mas Jehová pesa los corazones.
3 Doing what's right and fair pleases the Lord more than sacrifices.
3 Hacer justicia y juicio es á Jehová más agradable que sacrificio.
4 Pride and arrogance are the sins the wicked live by.
4 Altivez de ojos, y orgullo de corazón, y el brillo de los impíos, son pecado.
5 Those who plan ahead and work hard will have plenty, while those who act rashly end up poor.
5 Los pensamientos del solícito ciertamente [van] á abundancia; mas todo presuroso, indefectiblemente á pobreza.
6 Money made by lies is like smoke in the wind—a chase that ends in death.
6 Allegar tesoros con lengua de mentira, es vanidad desatentada de aquellos que buscan la muerte.
7 The destruction caused by the wicked will destroy them, for they refuse to do what's right.
7 La rapiña de los impíos los destruirá; por cuanto no quisieron hacer juicio.
8 Guilty people live crooked lives, but the innocent follow straight paths.
8 El camino del hombre perverso es torcido y extraño: mas la obra del limpio es recta.
9 It's better to live in a corner of a housetop than to share a whole house with an argumentative wife.
9 Mejor es vivir en un rincón de zaquizamí, que con la mujer rencillosa en espaciosa casa.
10 Evil people love to do wrong, they don't care what pain they cause anyone.
10 El alma del impío desea mal: su prójimo no le parece bien.
11 When a mocker is punished, an immature person can learn wisdom. When the wise are educated, they gain knowledge.
11 Cuando el escarnecedor es castigado, el simple se hace sabio; y cuando se amonestare al sabio, aprenderá ciencia.
12 The God of justice sees what happens in the homes of the wicked, and brings the wicked down in disaster.
12 Considera el justo la casa del impío: [cómo] los impíos son trastornados por el mal.
13 If you refuse to hear the cries of the poor, your cries won't be heard either.
13 El que cierra su oído al clamor del pobre, también él clamará, y no será oído.
14 A gift given in secret calms down anger, and a hidden bribe soothes furious rage.
14 El presente en secreto amansa el furor, y el don en el seno, la fuerte ira.
15 When justice is done, the good are happy, but it brings terror to those who do evil.
15 Alegría es al justo hacer juicio; mas quebrantamiento á los que hacen iniquidad.
16 Anyone who wanders away from the path of understanding ends up with the dead.
16 El hombre que se extravía del camino de la sabiduría, vendrá á parar en la compañía de los muertos.
17 If you love pleasure you'll become poor; if you love wine and olive oil you won't ever be rich.
17 Hombre necesitado será el que ama el deleite: y el que ama el vino y ungüentos no enriquecerá.
18 The wicked pay the price and not the good; those who are deceitful and not those who live right.
18 El rescate del justo es el impío, y por los rectos el prevaricador.
19 It's better to live in a desert than with an argumentative and bad-tempered wife.
19 Mejor es morar en tierra del desierto, que con la mujer rencillosa é iracunda.
20 The wise hold on to their wealth and olive oil, but stupid people use up everything they have.
20 Tesoro codiciable y pingüe hay en la casa del sabio; mas el hombre insensato lo disipará.
21 If you pursue goodness and trustworthy love, you'll find life, prosperity, and honor.
21 El que sigue la justicia y la misericordia, hallará la vida, la justicia, y la honra.
22 The wise can overcome a city belonging to strong warriors, and tear down the fortress they trusted to protect them.
22 La ciudad de los fuertes tomó el sabio, y derribó la fuerza en que ella confiaba.
23 If you watch what you say, you can save yourself a lot of trouble.
23 El que guarda su boca y su lengua, su alma guarda de angustias.
24 A proud, conceited, mocker—that's the name of those who act with insolent arrogance.
24 Soberbio y presuntuoso escarnecedor es el nombre del que obra con orgullosa saña.
25 Slackers die hungry because they refuse to work.
25 El deseo del perezoso le mata, porque sus manos no quieren trabajar.
26 Some people only want more and more all the time, but the good give generously.
26 Hay quien todo el día codicia: mas el justo da, y no desperdicia.
27 The sacrifices given by the wicked are obnoxious, worse still when they're offered with evil motives.
27 El sacrificio de los impíos es abominación: ¡cuánto más ofreciéndolo con maldad!
28 The lies of a false witness vanish away, but the words of a reliable witness will stand.
28 El testigo mentiroso perecerá: mas el hombre que oye, permanecerá en su dicho.
29 The wicked act as bold as brass, but those who live right consider carefully what they're doing.
29 El hombre impío afirma su rostro: mas el recto ordena sus caminos.
30 Whatever wisdom, understanding, or guidance you may have is nothing before the Lord.
30 No hay sabiduría, ni inteligencia, ni consejo, contra Jehová.
31 You can get your horse ready for battle, but the victory is the Lord's.
31 El caballo se apareja para el día de la batalla: mas de Jehová es el salvar.
Cross references (31)
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- 1 Proverbs 16:9; Ezra 6:22; Proverbs 20:24; Acts 7:10; Proverbs 16:1
- 2 Proverbs 16:2; Luke 16:15; Proverbs 16:25; Jeremiah 17:10; Proverbs 30:12
- 3 1 Samuel 15:22; Hosea 6:6; Proverbs 15:8; Micah 6:6–8; Mark 12:33
- 4 Proverbs 6:17; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 8:13; Isaiah 2:17; Luke 18:14
- 5 Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 10:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; Proverbs 27:23–27; Ephesians 4:28
- 6 Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 20:21; Jeremiah 17:11; Proverbs 8:36
- 7 Proverbs 21:21; Ephesians 5:6; Micah 3:9–12; Zechariah 5:3–4; Proverbs 22:22–23
- 8 1 John 3:3; Daniel 12:10; 1 Peter 1:22–23; Proverbs 2:15; 1 Corinthians 3:3
- 9 Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 27:15–16; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 12:4
- 10 1 John 2:16; Micah 3:2–3; Proverbs 3:29; Mark 7:21–22; 1 Corinthians 10:6
- 11 Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 9:9; Acts 5:5; Proverbs 18:1
- 12 Proverbs 14:11; Psalm 37:35–36; Psalm 107:43; 2 Peter 3:6–7; Proverbs 14:32
- 13 Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 28:27; Matthew 6:14; James 2:13–16; Matthew 7:2
- 14 Proverbs 19:6; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 17:8; Matthew 6:3–4; 1 Samuel 25:35
- 15 Proverbs 10:29; Matthew 7:23; Isaiah 64:5; Ecclesiastes 3:12; Job 29:12–17
- 16 Hebrews 10:38; Psalm 125:5; Hebrews 10:26–27; Zephaniah 1:6; Psalm 49:14
- 17 Proverbs 23:21; 1 Timothy 5:6; 2 Timothy 3:4; Proverbs 5:10–11; Proverbs 21:20
- 18 Proverbs 11:8; Isaiah 43:3–4; Isaiah 53:4–5; 1 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 55:8–9
- 19 Proverbs 21:9; Psalm 55:6–7; Psalm 120:5–6; Jeremiah 9:2
- 20 Matthew 25:3–4; Psalm 112:3; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Proverbs 15:6; Ecclesiastes 7:11
- 21 Matthew 5:6; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Proverbs 22:4; Proverbs 15:9; 1 Timothy 6:11
- 22 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Proverbs 24:5; Ecclesiastes 9:13–18; 2 Samuel 5:6–9; 2 Samuel 20:16–22
- 23 Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 17:27–28; James 1:26; Proverbs 12:13
- 24 Psalm 1:1; Ecclesiastes 7:8–9; Matthew 2:16; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 1:22
- 25 Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:26; Proverbs 19:24; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 26:16
- 26 Psalm 37:26; Psalm 112:9; Acts 20:33–35; Ephesians 4:28; Luke 6:30–36
- 27 Isaiah 66:3; Proverbs 15:8; Matthew 23:13; Jeremiah 6:20; Amos 5:21–22
- 28 2 Corinthians 4:13; Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 19:9; Deuteronomy 19:16–19; Exodus 23:1
- 29 1 Thessalonians 3:11; Haggai 1:7; Proverbs 11:5; Haggai 2:18–19; Ezekiel 18:28
- 30 Acts 5:39; Proverbs 19:21; Jeremiah 9:23; Isaiah 14:27; 1 Corinthians 3:19–20
- 31 Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 31:1; Psalm 33:17–18; Psalm 147:10; Psalm 3:3
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… end, when he said, "All these are delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will I give them." For it is not he who has appointed the kingdoms of this world, but God; for "the heart of the king is in the hand of God." And the Word also says by Solomon, "By me kings do reign, and princes administer …
For the waters are fled from the rebuke of God; because "the heart of kings is in the hand of God, He hath bent it whither He would;" He commanded peace to be given by them to the Christians; the authority of the Apostles sprang up and towered high....The waters fled from the rebuke of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Let each, as he can recall to mind what he hath heard, by mutual conversation stir up the food ye have received, ruminate on what ye have heard, let it not descend in you into the bowels of forgetfulness. Let the treasure to be desired rest upon your lips.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)