Proverbs 7 Free Bible Version
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1 My son, accept what I say and value my instructions.
1 HIJO mío, guarda mis razones, y encierra contigo mis mandamientos.
2 Do what I tell you and you will live. Observe my teachings, valuing them as your main focus in life.
2 Guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás; y mi ley como las niñas de tus ojos.
3 Tie them to your fingers; write them in your mind.
3 Lígalos á tus dedos; escríbelos en la tabla de tu corazón.
4 Tell wisdom, “You're my sister,” and call insight your best friend.
4 Di á la sabiduría: Tú eres mi hermana; y á la inteligencia llama parienta:
5 They will protect you from the immoral woman, from the prostitute with her seductive words.
5 Para que te guarden de la mujer ajena, y de la extraña que ablanda sus palabras.
6 One time I looked through the lattice of the window in my house,
6 Porque mirando yo por la ventana de mi casa, por mi celosía,
7 and I saw among the immature young men one who had no sense at all.
7 Vi entre los simples, consideré entre los jóvenes, un mancebo falto de entendimiento,
8 He was walking down the street near the corner where she lived and took the road passing her house.
8 El cual pasaba por la calle, junto á la esquina de aquella, é iba camino de su casa,
9 It was at dusk in the evening, as the light was fading and the dark night closed in.
9 A la tarde del día, ya que oscurecía, en la oscuridad y tiniebla de la noche.
10 Then out came a woman to meet him. She was dressed as a prostitute and had deceptive intentions.
10 Y he aquí, una mujer que le sale al encuentro con atavío de ramera, astuta de corazón,
11 (She was loud and provocative, never wanting to stay at home.
11 Alborotadora y rencillosa, sus pies no pueden estar en casa;
12 One moment she'd be walking the streets, the next she'd be there in the town squares, loitering at every corner.)
12 Unas veces de fuera, ó bien por las plazas, acechando por todas las esquinas.
13 She grabbed hold of him and kissed him, and with a bold face she told him,
13 Y traba de él, y bésalo; desvergonzó su rostro, y díjole:
14 “I sacrificed my peace offering today, and paid my vows.
14 Sacrificios de paz había prometido, hoy he pagado mis votos;
15 That's why I came out to meet you. I was looking for you and now I've found you!
15 Por tanto he salido á encontrarte, buscando diligentemente tu rostro, y te he hallado.
16 My bed is made, covered with colorful linens from Egypt.
16 Con paramentos he ataviado mi cama, recamados con cordoncillo de Egipto.
17 I've sprinkled perfume on my bed—myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
17 He sahumado mi cámara con mirra, áloes, y cinamomo.
18 Come with me, let's make love until the morning. Let's enjoy one another in our love-making!
18 Ven, embriaguémonos de amores hasta la mañana; alegrémonos en amores.
19 My husband isn't home; he's gone on a long trip.
19 Porque el marido no está en casa, hase ido á un largo viaje:
20 He took a bag of money with him, and he won't be coming back until the full moon.”
20 El saco de dinero llevó en su mano; el día señalado volverá á su casa.
21 She convinced him with all that she said; she seduced him with her smooth talking.
21 Rindiólo con la mucha suavidad de sus palabras, obligóle con la blandura de sus labios.
22 He followed her right away, like an ox to the slaughter. Like a stag that's caught in a snare
22 Vase en pos de ella luego, como va el buey al degolladero, y como el loco á las prisiones para ser castigado;
23 until an arrow pierces its liver, like a bird flying into a trap, he's unaware he will pay with his life.
23 Como el ave que se apresura al lazo, y no sabe que es contra su vida, hasta que la saeta traspasó su hígado.
24 So now listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I'm saying.
24 Ahora pues, hijos, oidme, y estad atentos á las razones de mi boca.
25 Don't even think about following her. Don't stray down her road.
25 No se aparte á sus caminos tu corazón; no yerres en sus veredas.
26 For she has brought down and destroyed a lot of men; she's killed so many.
26 Porque á muchos ha hecho caer heridos; y aun los más fuertes han sido muertos por ella.
27 Her house leads to the grave—it goes down to the rooms of death.
27 Caminos del sepulcro son su casa, que descienden á las cámaras de la muerte.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
- 2 Psalm 17:8; Leviticus 18:5; Proverbs 4:4; 1 John 2:3–4; John 14:21
- 3 Deuteronomy 11:18–20; Proverbs 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8–9; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 4 Proverbs 2:2–4; Proverbs 4:6–8; Job 17:14; Song of Songs 8:1; Matthew 12:49–50
- 5 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 5:3
- 6 Genesis 26:8; Judges 5:28; 2 Samuel 6:16
- 7 Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 9:4; Matthew 15:16
- 8 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 5:8; Proverbs 4:14–15; Jude 23
- 9 Romans 13:12–14; Job 24:13–15; Genesis 39:11; Ephesians 5:11; Exodus 12:6
- 10 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 3:16–24; 1 Timothy 2:9; 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30
- 11 Proverbs 9:13; Titus 2:5; 1 Timothy 5:13–14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 25:24
- 12 Proverbs 23:28; Proverbs 9:14; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 2:36
- 13 Numbers 25:6–8; Genesis 39:12; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 2:4; Proverbs 21:29
- 14 Proverbs 21:27; Leviticus 7:11; Proverbs 17:1; John 18:28; Proverbs 15:8
- 16 Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7; Revelation 2:22; Proverbs 31:22; 1 Kings 10:28
- 17 Psalm 45:8; Isaiah 57:7–9; Song of Songs 4:13–14; Exodus 30:23; Song of Songs 3:6
- 19 Matthew 20:11; Luke 12:45–46; Mark 13:34–36; Luke 12:39; Matthew 24:48
- 20 2 Chronicles 2:4
- 21 Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5; 2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Psalm 12:2
- 22 Job 13:27; Acts 16:24; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 14:13
- 23 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 1:17; Numbers 25:8–9
- 24 Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 4:1; 1 John 2:1; Proverbs 8:32–33; Galatians 4:19
- 25 Proverbs 5:8; Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28; Psalm 119:176
- 26 Nehemiah 13:26; 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Proverbs 6:33; 1 Kings 11:1–2
- 27 Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Revelation 22:15; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 7:26
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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).
Take heed then, brethren, and hold fast the traditions which ye now receive, and write them an the table of your heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)