Proverbs · Geneva Bible (1599)
Proverbs 22 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.
1 DE más estima es la buena fama que las muchas riquezas; y la buena gracia más que la plata y el oro.
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
2 The rich and poore meete together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
2 El rico y el pobre se encontraron: á todos ellos hizo Jehová.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
3 A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
3 El avisado ve el mal, y escóndese: mas los simples pasan, y reciben el daño.
3 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
4 The rewarde of humilitie, and the feare of God is riches, and glory, and life.
4 Riquezas, y honra, y vida, [son] la remuneración de la humildad [y] del temor de Jehová.
4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
5 Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.
5 Espinas [y] lazos hay en el camino del perverso: el que guarda su alma se alejará de ellos.
5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
6 Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.
6 Instruye al niño en su carrera: aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de ella.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.
7 El rico se enseñoreará de los pobres; y el que toma prestado, siervo es del que empresta.
7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
8 He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
8 El que sembrare iniquidad, iniquidad segará: y consumiráse la vara de su ira.
8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.
9 El ojo misericordioso será bendito, porque dió de su pan al indigente.
9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
10 Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.
10 Echa fuera al escarnecedor, y saldrá la contienda, y cesará el pleito y la afrenta.
10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
11 Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.
11 El que ama la limpieza de corazón, [por] la gracia de sus labios su amigo será el rey.
11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: but hee ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressour.
12 Los ojos de Jehová miran por la ciencia; mas él trastorna las cosas de los prevaricadores.
12 Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.
13 Dice el perezoso: El león está fuera; en mitad de las calles seré muerto.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
14 The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.
14 Sima profunda es la boca de las extrañas: aquel contra el cual estuviere Jehová airado, caerá en ella.
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
15 Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.
15 La necedad está ligada en el corazón del muchacho; [mas] la vara de la corrección la hará alejar de él.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.
16 El que oprime al pobre para aumentarse él, y que da al rico, ciertamente [será] pobre.
16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
17 Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
17 Inclina tu oído, y oye las palabras de los sabios, y pon tu corazón á mi sabiduría:
17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
18 For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.
18 Porque es cosa deleitable, si las guardares en tus entrañas; y que juntamente sean ordenadas en tus labios.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
19 That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore take heede.
19 Para que tu confianza sea en Jehová, te [las] he hecho saber hoy á ti también.
19 I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
20 Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,
20 ¿No te he escrito tres veces en consejos y ciencia,
20 Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
21 That I might shewe thee the assurance of the wordes of trueth to answere the wordes of trueth to them that sende to thee?
21 Para hacerte saber la certidumbre de las razones verdaderas, para que puedas responder razones de verdad á los que á ti enviaren?
21 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
22 Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.
22 No robes al pobre, porque es pobre, ni quebrantes en la puerta al afligido:
22 Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
23 For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
23 Porque Jehová juzgará la causa de ellos, y despojará el alma de aquellos que los despojaren.
23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
24 Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
24 No te entrometas con el iracundo, ni te acompañes con el hombre de enojos;
24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
25 Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.
25 Porque no aprendas sus maneras, y tomes lazo para tu alma.
25 lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
26 Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.
26 No estés entre los que tocan la mano, entre los que fían por deudas.
26 Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?
27 Si no tuvieres para pagar, ¿por qué han de quitar tu cama de debajo de ti?
27 If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
28 Thou shalt not remooue the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made.
28 No traspases el término antiguo que pusieron tus padres.
28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
29 Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.
29 ¿Has visto hombre solícito en su obra? delante de los reyes estará; no estará delante de los de baja suerte.
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 7:1; Luke 10:20; 1 Kings 1:47
- 2 Job 31:15; 1 Samuel 2:7; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 29:13; Job 34:19
- 3 Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 29:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–6; Hebrews 11:7
- 4 James 4:10; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 34:9–10; Proverbs 21:21; Psalm 112:1–3
- 5 Proverbs 16:17; Jude 20–21; 1 John 5:18; Proverbs 15:19; Psalm 18:26–27
- 6 Ephesians 6:4; Deuteronomy 6:7; 2 Timothy 3:15; Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 4:9
- 7 2 Kings 4:1; Matthew 18:25; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 14:31
- 8 Galatians 6:7–8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 30:31; Psalm 125:3; Hosea 10:13
- 9 Proverbs 19:17; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 4:9
- 10 1 Corinthians 5:5–6; Proverbs 26:20–21; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Psalm 101:5; Nehemiah 13:28
- 11 Matthew 5:8; Proverbs 16:13; Psalm 101:6; Proverbs 14:35; Psalm 45:2
- 12 2 Timothy 3:8–9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Acts 13:8–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Job 5:12–13
- 13 Proverbs 26:13–16; Numbers 13:32–33; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 6:24–29; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:5–27
- 15 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 23:13–14; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 16 Proverbs 22:22–23; James 2:13; Psalm 12:5; James 5:1–5; Luke 14:12–14
- 17 Proverbs 23:12; Psalm 90:12; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 2:2–5
- 18 Jeremiah 15:16; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 8:6; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 15:7
- 19 Psalm 62:8; Isaiah 12:2; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 26:4; 1 Peter 1:21
- 20 2 Peter 1:19–21; Proverbs 8:6; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Psalm 12:6; Hosea 8:12
- 21 Luke 1:3–4; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 5:13; John 20:31
- 22 Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Exodus 23:6; Proverbs 22:16; Job 31:21
- 23 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 12:5; Jeremiah 51:36; Proverbs 23:11; 1 Samuel 25:39
- 24 Proverbs 29:22; 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Proverbs 21:24
- 25 1 Corinthians 15:33; Psalm 106:35; Proverbs 13:20
- 26 Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 6:1–5; Proverbs 27:13
- 27 Proverbs 20:16; 2 Kings 4:1; Exodus 22:26–27
- 28 Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Proverbs 23:10; Job 24:2
- 29 1 Kings 11:28; Matthew 25:21; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 10:4; Matthew 25:23
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
How these were chosen
“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).
Scripture says, "The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the Maker of them both." The rich and the poor meet together.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Because we incessantly move the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set. We encroach, we add house to house, field to field, to enrich ourselves at the expense of our neighbour.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)