Proverbs 26 Free Bible Version
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1 Honoring someone stupid is as inappropriate as snow in the summer or rain during harvest.
1 COMO la nieve en el verano, y la lluvia en la siega, así conviene al necio la honra.
2 A curse that isn't deserved won't land on the person, like a fluttering sparrow or a flitting swallow.
2 Como el gorrión en su vagar, y como la golondrina en su vuelo, así la maldición sin causa nunca vendrá.
3 Horses need a whip, donkeys need a bridle, and stupid people need a rod on their backs!
3 El látigo para el caballo, y el cabestro para el asno, y la vara para la espalda del necio.
4 Don't answer stupid people following their stupidity, or you'll become as bad as them.
4 Nunca respondas al necio en conformidad á su necedad, para que no seas tú también como él.
5 Answer stupid people following their stupidity, otherwise they'll think they're wise.
5 Responde al necio según su necedad, porque no se estime sabio en su opinión.
6 Trusting someone stupid to deliver a message is like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
6 Como el que se corta los pies y bebe su daño, así es el que envía algo por mano de un necio.
7 A proverb spoken by someone stupid is as useless as a lame person's legs.
7 Alzar las piernas del cojo, así es el proverbio en la boca del necio.
8 Honoring someone stupid is as pointless as tying a stone into a sling.
8 Como quien liga la piedra en la honda, así [hace] el que al necio da honra.
9 A proverb spoken by someone stupid is as ridiculous as a thorn bush waved around by a drunk.
9 Espinas hincadas en mano del embriagado, tal es el proverbio en la boca de los necios.
10 Anyone who hires someone stupid or just a passer-by is like an archer wounding people by shooting arrows at random.
10 El grande cría todas las cosas; y da la paga al insensato, y la da á los transgresores.
11 Stupid people repeat their stupidity like a dog returning to its vomit.
11 Como perro que vuelve á su vómito, así el necio que repite su necedad.
12 Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
12 ¿Has visto hombre sabio en su opinión? más esperanza hay del necio que de él.
13 Lazy people are the ones who say, “There's a lion on the road—a lion running around the streets!”
13 Dice el perezoso: El león está en el camino; el león está en las calles.
14 A lazy person turns in bed like a door turns on its hinge.
14 Las puertas se revuelven en sus quicios: así el perezoso en su cama.
15 Lazy people put their hands in a dish, but are too tired to lift the food to their mouths.
15 Esconde el perezoso su mano en el seno; cánsase de tornarla á su boca.
16 In their own eyes lazy people are wiser than many sensible advisors.
16 A su ver es el perezoso más sabio que siete que [le] den consejo.
17 Interfering in someone else's quarrel is like grabbing a stray dog by the ears.
17 El que pasando se deja llevar de la ira en pleito ajeno, es [como] el que toma al perro por las orejas.
18 You're like a crazy person firing off blazing arrows and killing people
18 Como el que enloquece, y echa llamas y saetas y muerte,
19 if you lie to your friend and then say, “I was only joking!”
19 Tal es el hombre que daña á su amigo, y dice: Ciertamente me chanceaba.
20 Without wood, the fire goes out; and without gossips, arguments stop.
20 Sin leña se apaga el fuego: y donde no hay chismoso, cesa la contienda.
21 An argumentative person fires up quarrels like putting charcoal on hot embers or wood on a fire.
21 El carbón para brasas, y la leña para el fuego: y el hombre rencilloso para encender contienda.
22 Listening to gossip is like gulping down bites of your favorite food—they go deep down inside you.
22 Las palabras del chismoso parecen blandas; mas ellas entran hasta lo secreto del vientre.
23 Smooth talking with evil intent is like a shiny lead glaze on an earthenware pot.
23 [Como] escoria de plata echada sobre el tiesto, son los labios enardecidos y el corazón malo.
24 People say nice things to you even though they hate you; deep down they're just lying to you.
24 Otro parece en los labios el que aborrece; mas en su interior pone engaño.
25 When people talk nicely to you, don't believe them—their minds are full of hate for you.
25 Cuando hablare amigablemente, no le creas; porque siete abominaciones hay en su corazón.
26 Even though their hatred may be hidden by cunning tricks, their evil will be revealed to everyone.
26 Encúbrese el odio con disimulo; mas su malicia será descubierta en la congregación.
27 Those who dig pits to trap others will fall in themselves, and those who start boulders rolling will be crushed themselves.
27 El que cavare sima, caerá en ella: y el que revuelva la piedra, á él volverá.
28 If you tell lies, you show you hate your victims; if you flatter people, you cause disaster.
28 La falsa lengua atormenta al que aborrece: y la boca lisonjera hace resbaladero.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 28:16; Esther 3:1–15; 1 Samuel 12:17–18; Psalm 12:8
- 2 Numbers 23:8; Nehemiah 13:2; Psalm 109:28; Deuteronomy 23:4–5; 2 Samuel 16:12
- 3 Proverbs 10:13; 1 Corinthians 4:21; Psalm 32:9; Judges 8:5–7; 2 Corinthians 13:2
- 4 1 Peter 3:9; Proverbs 26:5; Jude 9; Proverbs 17:14; 1 Kings 12:14
- 5 Romans 12:16; Matthew 16:1–4; Proverbs 3:7; Matthew 21:23–27; John 9:26–33
- 6 Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 25:13; Numbers 13:31
- 7 Proverbs 26:9; Proverbs 17:7; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 50:16–21; Matthew 7:4–5
- 8 Proverbs 30:22; Proverbs 26:1; Proverbs 19:10
- 9 Proverbs 23:35
- 10 Romans 2:6; Proverbs 11:31
- 11 2 Peter 2:22; Matthew 12:45; Exodus 8:15
- 12 Proverbs 29:20; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; Proverbs 26:5; Proverbs 28:11; Romans 12:16
- 13 Proverbs 22:13; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 6:9–10; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 24:33
- 15 Proverbs 19:24
- 16 Proverbs 26:12; 1 Peter 3:15; Proverbs 12:15
- 17 Proverbs 20:3; 2 Timothy 2:23–24; Proverbs 18:6; Luke 12:14; Proverbs 17:11
- 18 Proverbs 25:18; Isaiah 50:11; Proverbs 7:23; Genesis 49:23
- 19 Ephesians 5:4; Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs 15:21; 2 Peter 2:13
- 20 Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 22:10; James 3:6; Proverbs 26:22
- 21 Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 29:22; 2 Samuel 20:1; Psalm 120:4; Proverbs 10:12
- 22 Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 20:19; Ezekiel 22:9
- 23 Luke 22:47–48; Luke 11:39; Proverbs 10:18; Matthew 23:27; Ezekiel 33:31
- 24 Proverbs 12:20; Psalm 41:6; Proverbs 10:18; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 12:5
- 25 Proverbs 6:16–19; Psalm 28:3; Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 9:2–8; Psalm 12:2
- 26 Psalm 55:21–23; 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 3:27–30; 1 Samuel 18:21; Genesis 4:8
- 27 Proverbs 28:10; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 7:15–16; Psalm 10:2; Ecclesiastes 10:8
- 28 John 8:44–49; Luke 20:20–21; Proverbs 29:5; Proverbs 6:24; John 10:32–33
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