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.
1 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
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.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
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.
3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
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.
4 Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
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.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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.
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
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.
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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.
8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
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.
9 Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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.
10 As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
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.
11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
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.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
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.
14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
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.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
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.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
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.
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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,
18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
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.
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
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.
20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
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.
21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
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.
22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
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.
23 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
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.
24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
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.
25 When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
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.
26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
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.
27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
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.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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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