Proverbs · Geneva Bible (1599)
Proverbs 25 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 THESE ARE ALSO PARABLES of Salomon, which the men of Hezekiah King of Iudah copied out.
1 TAMBIÉN estos son proverbios de Salomón, los cuales copiaron los varones de Ezechîas, rey de Judá.
2 The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.
2 Gloria de Dios es encubrir la palabra; mas honra del rey es escudriñar la palabra.
3 The heaues in height, and the earth in deepenes, and the Kings heart can no man search out.
3 Para la altura de los cielos, y para la profundidad de la tierra, y para el corazón de los reyes, no hay investigación.
4 Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.
4 Quita las escorias de la plata, y saldrá vaso al fundidor.
5 Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be stablished in righteousnes.
5 Aparta al impío de la presencia del rey, y su trono se afirmará en justicia.
6 Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.
6 No te alabes delante del rey, ni estés en el lugar de los grandes:
7 For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.
7 Porque mejor es que se te diga, Sube acá, que no que seas humillado delante del príncipe que miraron tus ojos.
8 Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
8 No salgas á pleito presto, no sea que no sepas qué hacer al fin, después que tu prójimo te haya dejado confuso.
9 Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,
9 Trata tu causa con tu compañero y no descubras el secreto á otro.
10 Least he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamie doe not cease.
10 No sea que te deshonre el que lo oyere, y tu infamia no pueda repararse.
11 A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.
11 Manzana de oro con figuras de plata es la palabra dicha como conviene.
12 He that reprooueth the wise, and the obedient eare, is as a golden earering and an ornament of fine golde.
12 [Como] zarcillo de oro y joyel de oro fino, es el que reprende al sabio que tiene oído dócil.
13 As the colde of the snowe in the time of haruest, so is a faithfull messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soule of his masters.
13 Como frío de nieve en tiempo de la siega, [así es] el mensajero fiel á los que lo envían: pues al alma de su señor da refrigerio.
14 A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
14 [Como] nubes y vientos sin lluvia, [así es] el hombre que se jacta de vana liberalidad.
15 A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.
15 Con larga paciencia se aplaca el príncipe; y la lengua blanda quebranta los huesos.
16 If thou haue found hony, eate that is sufficient for thee, least thou be ouerfull, and vomit it.
16 ¿Hallaste la miel? come lo que te basta; no sea que te hartes de ella, y la vomites.
17 Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house, least he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
17 Detén tu pie de la casa de tu vecino, porque harto de ti no te aborrezca.
18 A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.
18 Martillo y cuchillo y saeta aguda, es el hombre que habla contra su prójimo falso testimonio.
19 Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.
19 Diente quebrado y pie resbalador, es la confianza en el prevaricador en tiempo de angustia.
20 Hee that taketh away the garment in the colde season, is like vineger powred vpon nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heauy heart.
20 El que canta canciones al corazón afligido, [es como] el que quita la ropa en tiempo de frío, ó el que sobre el jabón [echa] vinagre.
21 If hee that hateth thee be hungry, giue him bread to eate, and if he be thirstie, giue him water to drinke.
21 Si el que te aborrece tuviere hambre, dale de comer pan; y si tuviere sed, dale de beber agua:
22 For thou shalt lay coles vpon his head, and the Lord shall recompense thee.
22 Porque ascuas allegas sobre su cabeza, y Jehová te lo pagará.
23 As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
23 El viento del norte ahuyenta la lluvia, y el rostro airado la lengua detractora.
24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
24 Mejor es estar en un rincón de casa, que con la mujer rencillosa en espaciosa casa.
25 As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.
25 [Como] el agua fría al alma sedienta, así son las buenas nuevas de lejanas tierras.
26 A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is like a troubled well, and a corrupt spring.
26 [Como] fuente turbia y manantial corrompido, [es] el justo que cae delante del impío.
27 It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
27 Comer mucha miel no es bueno: ni el buscar la propia gloria es gloria.
28 A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a citie which is broken downe and without walles.
28 [Como] ciudad derribada y sin muro, es el hombre cuyo espíritu no tiene rienda.
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:1; 1 Kings 4:32; Micah 1:1; Hosea 1:1; Ecclesiastes 12:9
- 2 Deuteronomy 29:29; Romans 11:33–34; Job 11:7–8; Job 38:4–39:30; Job 42:3
- 3 Psalm 103:11; 1 Kings 4:29; Isaiah 55:9; 1 Peter 1:7; Romans 8:39
- 4 2 Timothy 2:20–21; Ezekiel 22:18; Proverbs 17:3; Malachi 3:2–3; Isaiah 1:25–27
- 5 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 101:7–8; Proverbs 20:8; Proverbs 20:28; Isaiah 16:5
- 6 Proverbs 27:2; Proverbs 25:27; Proverbs 16:19; Exodus 3:11; 1 Samuel 15:17
- 7 Luke 14:7–11; 1 Peter 5:5; Luke 18:14; Revelation 4:1; Proverbs 16:19
- 8 Matthew 5:25; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 18:6; Proverbs 30:33; Proverbs 14:12
- 9 Matthew 18:5–17; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20:19
- 11 Proverbs 15:23; Isaiah 50:4; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Proverbs 24:26
- 12 Psalm 141:5; Proverbs 15:31–32; Proverbs 9:8; Proverbs 27:5–6; Proverbs 15:5
- 13 Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 25:25; Philippians 2:25–30; Proverbs 26:6
- 14 Proverbs 20:6; Luke 14:11; 2 Peter 2:15–19; 1 Kings 22:11; Jude 16
- 15 Ecclesiastes 10:4; Proverbs 15:1; Proverbs 16:14; Genesis 32:4–21; 1 Samuel 25:24–44
- 16 Proverbs 25:27; Ephesians 5:18; Proverbs 24:13–14; Isaiah 7:15; 1 Samuel 14:25–27
- 18 Psalm 57:4; Proverbs 12:18; James 3:6; Jeremiah 9:8; Proverbs 24:28
- 19 Isaiah 36:6; Ezekiel 29:6–7; Job 6:14–20; 2 Chronicles 28:20–21; 2 Timothy 4:16
- 20 Romans 12:15; Ecclesiastes 3:4; James 2:15–16; Proverbs 10:26; Deuteronomy 24:12–17
- 21 Romans 12:20–21; Matthew 5:44; Proverbs 24:17; Exodus 23:4–5; Luke 10:33–36
- 22 2 Samuel 16:12; Matthew 10:13
- 23 Proverbs 26:20; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Psalm 15:3; Romans 1:30; Job 37:22
- 24 Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 27:15–16; Proverbs 19:13
- 25 Proverbs 15:30; Romans 10:15; Psalm 63:1; Revelation 21:6; Nahum 1:15
- 26 Ezekiel 34:18–19; Matthew 26:69–74; Genesis 4:8; 1 Samuel 22:14–18; 1 Thessalonians 2:15
- 27 Proverbs 27:2; John 5:44; Philippians 2:3; Proverbs 25:16; 2 Corinthians 12:1
- 28 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 22:24; Nehemiah 1:3; 2 Chronicles 32:5; 1 Samuel 20:30
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… that the enemy should not know when we do our alms, how shall we do with the enemy himself so as to fulfil that precept, "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink"?
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