Proverbs · Geneva Bible (1599)
Proverbs 21 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.
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 Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
2 Todo camino del hombre es recto en su opinión: mas Jehová pesa los corazones.
3 To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
3 Hacer justicia y juicio es á Jehová más agradable que sacrificio.
4 A hautie looke, and a proude heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sinne.
4 Altivez de ojos, y orgullo de corazón, y el brillo de los impíos, son pecado.
5 The thoughtes of the diligent doe surely bring abundance: but whosoeuer is hastie, commeth surely to pouertie.
5 Los pensamientos del solícito ciertamente [van] á abundancia; mas todo presuroso, indefectiblemente á pobreza.
6 The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and from of them that seeke death.
6 Allegar tesoros con lengua de mentira, es vanidad desatentada de aquellos que buscan la muerte.
7 The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.
7 La rapiña de los impíos los destruirá; por cuanto no quisieron hacer juicio.
8 The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.
8 El camino del hombre perverso es torcido y extraño: mas la obra del limpio es recta.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
9 Mejor es vivir en un rincón de zaquizamí, que con la mujer rencillosa en espaciosa casa.
10 The soule of the wicked wisheth euill: and his neighbour hath no fauour in his eyes.
10 El alma del impío desea mal: su prójimo no le parece bien.
11 When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he wil receiue knowledge.
11 Cuando el escarnecedor es castigado, el simple se hace sabio; y cuando se amonestare al sabio, aprenderá ciencia.
12 The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.
12 Considera el justo la casa del impío: [cómo] los impíos son trastornados por el mal.
13 He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.
13 El que cierra su oído al clamor del pobre, también él clamará, y no será oído.
14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
14 El presente en secreto amansa el furor, y el don en el seno, la fuerte ira.
15 It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.
15 Alegría es al justo hacer juicio; mas quebrantamiento á los que hacen iniquidad.
16 A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.
16 El hombre que se extravía del camino de la sabiduría, vendrá á parar en la compañía de los muertos.
17 Hee that loueth pastime, shalbe a poore man: and he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.
17 Hombre necesitado será el que ama el deleite: y el que ama el vino y ungüentos no enriquecerá.
18 The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.
18 El rescate del justo es el impío, y por los rectos el prevaricador.
19 It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.
19 Mejor es morar en tierra del desierto, que con la mujer rencillosa é iracunda.
20 In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.
20 Tesoro codiciable y pingüe hay en la casa del sabio; mas el hombre insensato lo disipará.
21 He that followeth after righteousnes and mercy, shall finde life, righteousnes, and glory.
21 El que sigue la justicia y la misericordia, hallará la vida, la justicia, y la honra.
22 A wise man goeth vp into the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.
22 La ciudad de los fuertes tomó el sabio, y derribó la fuerza en que ella confiaba.
23 He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.
23 El que guarda su boca y su lengua, su alma guarda de angustias.
24 Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.
24 Soberbio y presuntuoso escarnecedor es el nombre del que obra con orgullosa saña.
25 The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.
25 El deseo del perezoso le mata, porque sus manos no quieren trabajar.
26 He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
26 Hay quien todo el día codicia: mas el justo da, y no desperdicia.
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?
27 El sacrificio de los impíos es abominación: ¡cuánto más ofreciéndolo con maldad!
28 A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.
28 El testigo mentiroso perecerá: mas el hombre que oye, permanecerá en su dicho.
29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.
29 El hombre impío afirma su rostro: mas el recto ordena sus caminos.
30 There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.
30 No hay sabiduría, ni inteligencia, ni consejo, contra Jehová.
31 The horse is prepared against the day of battell: but saluation is of the Lord.
31 El caballo se apareja para el día de la batalla: mas de Jehová es el salvar.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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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)