Proverbs · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Proverbs 24 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
1 NO tengas envidia de los hombres malos, ni desees estar con ellos:
2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
2 Porque su corazón piensa en robar, é iniquidad hablan sus labios.
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
3 Con sabiduría se edificará la casa, y con prudencia se afirmará:
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be 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; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
5 El hombre sabio es fuerte; y de pujante vigor el hombre docto.
6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
6 Porque con ingenio harás la guerra: y la salud está en la multitud de consejeros.
7 Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
7 Alta está para el insensato la sabiduría: en la puerta no abrirá él su boca.
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
8 Al que piensa mal hacer le llamarán hombre de malos pensamientos.
9 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
9 El pensamiento del necio es pecado: y abominación á los hombres el escarnecedor.
10 [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.
10 Si fueres flojo en el día de trabajo, tu fuerza será reducida.
11 If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
11 Si dejares de librar los que son tomados para la muerte, y los que son llevados al degolladero;
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
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 son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
13 Come, hijo mío, de la miel, porque es buena, y del panal dulce á tu paladar:
14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation 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 Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
15 Oh impío, no aceches la tienda del justo, no saquees su cámara;
16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
16 Porque siete veces cae el justo, y se torna á levantar; mas los impíos caerán en el mal.
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
17 Cuando cayere tu enemigo, no te huelgues; y cuando tropezare, no se alegre tu corazón:
18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
18 Porque Jehová no lo mire, y le desagrade, y aparte de sobre él su enojo.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;
19 No te entrometas con los malignos, ni tengas envidia de los impíos;
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man;] the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
20 Porque para el malo no habrá [buen] fin, y la candela de los impíos será apagada.
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
21 Teme á Jehová, hijo mío, y al rey; no te entrometas con los veleidosos:
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
22 Porque su quebrantamiento se levantará de repente; y el quebrantamiento de ambos, ¿quién lo comprende?
23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
23 También estas cosas [pertenecen] á los sabios. Tener respeto á personas en el juicio no es bueno.
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor 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 delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
25 Mas los que [lo] reprenden, serán agradables, y sobre ellos vendrá bendición de bien.
26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.
26 Besados serán los labios del que responde palabras rectas.
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
27 Apresta tu obra de afuera, y disponla en tu heredad; y después edificarás tu casa.
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
28 No seas sin causa testigo contra tu prójimo; y no lisonjees con tus labios.
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
29 No digas: Como me hizo, así le haré; daré el pago al hombre según su obra.
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
30 Pasé junto á la heredad del hombre perezoso, y junto á la viña del hombre falto de entendimiento;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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 saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.
32 Y yo miré, y púse[lo] en mi corazón: vi[lo], y tomé consejo.
33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
33 Un poco de sueño, cabeceando otro poco, poniendo mano sobre mano otro poco para dormir;
34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as 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)