Proverbs 23 Free Bible Version
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1 When you sit down for a meal with a ruler, look carefully at what is placed before you,
1 CUANDO te sentares á comer con algún señor, considera bien lo que estuviere delante de ti;
2 and cut down if you have a big appetite.
2 Y pon cuchillo á tu garganta, si tienes gran apetito.
3 Don't be greedy for his fancy food, for it's offered with deceptive motives.
3 No codicies sus manjares delicados, porque es pan engañoso.
4 Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich—be wise enough not to bother!
4 No trabajes por ser rico; pon coto á tu prudencia.
5 It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.
5 ¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, siendo ningunas? porque hacerse han alas, como alas de águila, y volarán al cielo.
6 Don't accept meal invitations from miserly people; don't be greedy for their fancy food,
6 No comas pan de [hombre de] mal ojo, ni codicies sus manjares:
7 for what they're thinking inside is what they really are. They say, “Come on, eat and drink!”—but in their minds they don't really care about you.
7 Porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; mas su corazón no está contigo.
8 You'll vomit up the little pieces you've eaten, and your kind words of appreciation will be wasted.
8 Vomitarás la parte que tú comiste, y perderás tus suaves palabras.
9 Don't talk to stupid people because they'll ridicule your wise words.
9 No hables á oídos del necio; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones.
10 Don't move ancient boundary markers, and don't encroach on fields belonging to orphans,
10 No traspases el término antiguo, ni entres en la heredad de los huérfanos:
11 for their Protector is powerful and he will plead their case against you.
11 Porque el defensor de ellos es el Fuerte, el cual juzgará la causa de ellos contra ti.
12 Focus your mind on instruction; listen intently to words of knowledge.
12 Aplica tu corazón á la enseñanza, y tus oídos á las palabras de sabiduría.
13 Don't keep from disciplining your children—a beating won't kill them.
13 No rehuses la corrección del muchacho: [porque] si lo hirieres con vara, no morirá.
14 If you use physical correction you can save them from death.
14 Tú lo herirás con vara, y librarás su alma del infierno.
15 My son, if you think wisely then I'll be happy;
15 Hijo mío, si tu corazón fuere sabio, también á mí se me alegrará el corazón;
16 I'll be delighted when you say what's right.
16 Mis entrañas también se alegrarán, cuando tus labios hablaren cosas rectas.
17 Don't think enviously of sinners, but always remember to honor the Lord,
17 No tenga tu corazón envidia de los pecadores, antes [persevera] en el temor de Jehová todo tiempo:
18 for there's definitely a future for you, and your hope will not be crushed.
18 Porque ciertamente hay fin, y tu esperanza no será cortada.
19 Pay attention, my son, and be wise; make sure your mind concentrates on following the right way.
19 Oye tú, hijo mío, y sé sabio, y endereza tu corazón al camino.
20 Don't join in with people who drink too much wine or who stuff themselves with meat.
20 No estés con los bebedores de vino, ni con los comedores de carne:
21 For people who get drunk and overeat lose all they've got, and they spend so much time dozing that all they have left to wear is rags.
21 Porque el bebedor y el comilón empobrecerán: y el sueño hará vestir vestidos rotos.
22 Pay attention to your father, and don't disregard your mother when she's old.
22 Oye á tu padre, á aquel que te engendró; y cuando tu madre envejeciere, no la menosprecies.
23 Invest in truth—and don't sell it! Invest in wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
23 Compra la verdad, y no la vendas; la sabiduría, la enseñanza, y la inteligencia.
24 Children who do right make their fathers very happy; a wise son brings joy to his father.
24 Mucho se alegrará el padre del justo: y el que engendró sabio se gozará con él.
25 Make your father and mother happy; bring joy to her who gave birth to you.
25 Alégrense tu padre y tu madre, y gócese la que te engendró.
26 My son, give me your undivided attention, and cheerfully follow my example.
26 Dame, hijo mío, tu corazón, y miren tus ojos por mis caminos.
27 A prostitute is like being trapped in a pit; an immoral woman is like getting stuck a narrow well,
27 Porque sima profunda es la ramera, y pozo angosto la extraña.
28 Like a robber, she lies in wait ready to ambush men and make more of them unfaithful to their wives.
28 También ella, como robador, acecha, y multiplica entre los hombres los prevaricadores.
29 Who's in trouble? Who's in pain? Who's arguing? Who's complaining? Who's injured for no reason? Who's got bloodshot 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 —those who spend a long time drinking wine, those who are always trying some new cocktail.
30 Para los que se detienen mucho en el vino, para los que van buscando la mistura.
31 Don't let the look of wine tempt you—how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smooth it feels as it goes down.
31 No mires al vino cuando rojea, cuando resplandece su color en el vaso: éntrase suavemente;
32 In the end it bites like a serpent, it stings like a snake.
32 [Mas] al fin como serpiente morderá, y como basilisco dará dolor:
33 You'll hallucinate, seeing strange things, and your confused mind will make you say all kinds of craziness.
33 Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas, y tu corazón hablará perversidades.
34 You'll stumble around like you're on the rolling ocean, you'll be tossed about like someone lying down at the top of a ship's mast, saying,
34 Y serás como el que yace en medio de la mar, ó como el que está en la punta de un mastelero.
35 “People punched me, but it didn't hurt me; they beat me, but I didn't feel a thing. I've got to get up because I need another drink.”
35 [Y dirás]: Hiriéronme, mas no me dolió; azotáronme, mas no lo sentí; cuando despertare, aun lo tornaré á buscar.
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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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