Proverbs · Geneva Bible (1599)
Proverbs 24 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
1 NO tengas envidia de los hombres malos, ni desees estar con ellos:
2 For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.
2 Porque su corazón piensa en robar, é iniquidad hablan sus labios.
3 Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.
3 Con sabiduría se edificará la casa, y con prudencia se afirmará:
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled with all precious, and pleasant riches.
4 Y con ciencia se henchirán las cámaras de todo bien preciado y agradable.
5 A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.
5 El hombre sabio es fuerte; y de pujante vigor el hombre docto.
6 For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.
6 Porque con ingenio harás la guerra: y la salud está en la multitud de consejeros.
7 Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
7 Alta está para el insensato la sabiduría: en la puerta no abrirá él su boca.
8 Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.
8 Al que piensa mal hacer le llamarán hombre de malos pensamientos.
9 The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
9 El pensamiento del necio es pecado: y abominación á los hombres el escarnecedor.
10 If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.
10 Si fueres flojo en el día de trabajo, tu fuerza será reducida.
11 Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine?
11 Si dejares de librar los que son tomados para la muerte, y los que son llevados al degolladero;
12 If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? and hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?
12 Si dijeres: Ciertamente no lo supimos; ¿no lo entenderá el que pesa los corazones? El que mira por tu alma, él lo conocerá, y dará al hombre según sus obras.
13 My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth.
13 Come, hijo mío, de la miel, porque es buena, y del panal dulce á tu paladar:
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
14 Tal será el conocimiento de la sabiduría á tu alma: si la hallares tendrá recompensa, y al fin tu esperanza no será cortada.
15 Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
15 Oh impío, no aceches la tienda del justo, no saquees su cámara;
16 For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
16 Porque siete veces cae el justo, y se torna á levantar; mas los impíos caerán en el mal.
17 Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
17 Cuando cayere tu enemigo, no te huelgues; y cuando tropezare, no se alegre tu corazón:
18 Least the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.
18 Porque Jehová no lo mire, y le desagrade, y aparte de sobre él su enojo.
19 Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.
19 No te entrometas con los malignos, ni tengas envidia de los impíos;
20 For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.
20 Porque para el malo no habrá [buen] fin, y la candela de los impíos será apagada.
21 My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.
21 Teme á Jehová, hijo mío, y al rey; no te entrometas con los veleidosos:
22 For their destruction shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?
22 Porque su quebrantamiento se levantará de repente; y el quebrantamiento de ambos, ¿quién lo comprende?
23 ALSO THESE THINGS PERTEINE TO THE WISE, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
23 También estas cosas [pertenecen] á los sabios. Tener respeto á personas en el juicio no es bueno.
24 He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.
24 El que dijere al malo, Justo eres, los pueblos lo maldecirán, y le detestarán las naciones:
25 But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.
25 Mas los que [lo] reprenden, serán agradables, y sobre ellos vendrá bendición de bien.
26 They shall kisse the lippes of him that answereth vpright wordes.
26 Besados serán los labios del que responde palabras rectas.
27 Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.
27 Apresta tu obra de afuera, y disponla en tu heredad; y después edificarás tu casa.
28 Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?
28 No seas sin causa testigo contra tu prójimo; y no lisonjees con tus labios.
29 Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.
29 No digas: Como me hizo, así le haré; daré el pago al hombre según su obra.
30 I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.
30 Pasé junto á la heredad del hombre perezoso, y junto á la viña del hombre falto de entendimiento;
31 And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.
31 Y he aquí que por toda ella habían ya crecido espinas, ortigas habían ya cubierto su haz, y su cerca de piedra estaba ya destruída.
32 Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
32 Y yo miré, y púse[lo] en mi corazón: vi[lo], y tomé consejo.
33 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.
33 Un poco de sueño, cabeceando otro poco, poniendo mano sobre mano otro poco para dormir;
34 So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
34 Así vendrá como caminante tu necesidad, y tu pobreza como hombre de escudo.
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 37:7; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 3:31; James 4:5–6; Psalm 37:1
- 2 Psalm 7:14; Psalm 28:3; Psalm 10:7; Isaiah 59:4; Job 15:35
- 3 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 9:1; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Colossians 2:7; Jeremiah 10:12
- 4 Proverbs 15:6; Proverbs 21:20; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 8:21; Matthew 13:52
- 5 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Colossians 1:11; Isaiah 40:31; Proverbs 21:22; Proverbs 8:14
- 6 Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 20:18; Ephesians 6:10–20; Proverbs 15:22; Luke 14:31
- 7 Proverbs 14:6; Psalm 10:5; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 92:5–6; Amos 5:10
- 8 Psalm 21:11; Ezekiel 38:10–11; Romans 1:30; Nahum 1:11; Proverbs 6:14
- 9 Matthew 15:19; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Isaiah 55:7; Proverbs 29:8; Acts 8:22
- 10 Isaiah 40:28–31; Ephesians 3:13; Jeremiah 51:46; Hebrews 12:3–5; 1 Samuel 27:1
- 11 Psalm 82:4; Isaiah 58:6–7; 1 John 3:16–17; Job 29:17; Luke 10:31–32
- 12 Job 34:11; Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23; Romans 2:6; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 13 Isaiah 7:15; Song of Songs 5:1; Proverbs 25:16; Song of Songs 4:11; Matthew 3:4
- 14 James 1:25; Proverbs 2:10; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 23:18
- 15 Jeremiah 11:19; Acts 9:24; 1 Samuel 22:18–19; 1 Samuel 9:11; Matthew 26:4
- 16 Psalm 34:19; Psalm 37:24; Micah 7:8–10; Job 5:19; 2 Corinthians 4:8–12
- 17 Obadiah 12; Job 31:29; 1 Corinthians 13:6–7; Proverbs 17:5; 2 Samuel 16:5–14
- 18 Lamentations 4:21–22; Zechariah 1:15–16
- 19 Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:1; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 24:1
- 20 Proverbs 13:9; Job 18:5–6; Job 21:17; Psalm 11:6; Proverbs 20:20
- 21 Romans 13:1–7; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Titus 3:1; 1 Kings 12:16; Exodus 14:31
- 22 Numbers 16:31–35; Psalm 90:11; 2 Samuel 18:7–8; Hosea 5:11; 2 Chronicles 13:16–17
- 23 Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 18:5; James 3:17; Leviticus 19:15; Psalm 107:43
- 24 Proverbs 17:15; Isaiah 5:23; Proverbs 11:26; Exodus 23:6–7; Proverbs 28:27
- 25 1 Timothy 5:20; 1 Samuel 3:13; Proverbs 28:23; Nehemiah 13:8–11; 1 Kings 21:19–20
- 26 Proverbs 15:23; Genesis 41:38–57; Proverbs 25:11–12; Job 6:25; Proverbs 16:1
- 27 Luke 14:28–30; 1 Kings 5:17–18; 1 Kings 6:7
- 28 Ephesians 4:25; Matthew 26:59–60; Proverbs 25:18; 1 Kings 21:9–13; Colossians 3:9
- 29 Romans 12:17–21; Proverbs 20:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Matthew 5:39–44; Proverbs 25:21–22
- 30 Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 6:6–19; Ecclesiastes 8:9–11; Job 4:8; Proverbs 10:13
- 31 Isaiah 5:5; Ecclesiastes 10:18; Genesis 3:17–19; Jeremiah 4:3; Proverbs 22:13
- 32 1 Corinthians 10:11; Deuteronomy 21:21; Luke 2:51; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Job 7:17
- 33 Proverbs 6:4–11; 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8; Romans 13:11; Ephesians 5:14
- 34 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4
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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).
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).
On this account it is often put for all numbers together, as, "A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again," --that is, let him fall never so often, he will not perish (and this was meant to be understood not of sins, but of afflictions conducing to lowliness).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For no other reason it was said, "a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:" that is, the just man perisheth not, though brought low in every way, yet not induced to transgress, otherwise he will not be just.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But "God strengtheneth." For "the just falleth seven times, and riseth again; but the wicked shall be weakened in evils." When evils befall the wicked, they are weakened thereby; when evils befall the righteous, "the Lord strengtheneth all that are falling."..."And lifteth up all those that have been cast down:" all, that is, who belong to him; for "God resisteth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)