Proverbs · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Proverbs 2 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
1 HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;
2 Haciendo estar atento tu oído á la sabiduría; [si] inclinares tu corazón á la prudencia;
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
3 Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz;
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
4 Si como á la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como á tesoros;
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
5 Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
6 Porque Jehová da la sabiduría, y de su boca [viene] el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
7 El provee de sólida sabiduría á los rectos: [es] escudo á los que caminan rectamente.
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
8 [Es] el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
9 Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
10 ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
10 Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
11 El consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia:
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;
12 Para librarte del mal camino, de los hombres que hablan perversidades;
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
13 Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar en caminos tenebrosos;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
14 Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio;
15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
15 Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y torcidos sus caminos.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
16 Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
17 Que desampara el príncipe de su mocedad, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
18 Por lo cual su casa está inclinada á la muerte, y sus veredas hacia los muertos:
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
19 Todos los que á ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
20 Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
21 Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
22 Mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra, y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 4:1; John 12:47–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9
- 2 Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 18:1; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 13:9; Psalm 119:111–112
- 3 James 1:5; Ephesians 1:17–18; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 25:4–5; 1 Kings 3:9–12
- 4 Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:29; Proverbs 16:16; Job 3:21; Proverbs 8:18–19
- 5 Proverbs 1:7; Jeremiah 24:7; Luke 10:22; 1 John 5:20; Luke 11:9–13
- 6 Ephesians 1:17–18; James 1:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 54:13; Job 32:8
- 7 James 3:15–17; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 84:11; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 8 Psalm 23:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:28–29; Psalm 145:20; Psalm 66:9
- 9 Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 1:2–6
- 10 Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; Job 23:12; Proverbs 24:13–14; Psalm 104:34
- 11 Proverbs 4:6; Ephesians 5:15; Psalm 25:21; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Psalm 119:9–11
- 12 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Isaiah 59:3–5
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 21:16; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 14 Romans 1:32; Proverbs 10:23; Jeremiah 11:15; Luke 22:4–5; 1 Corinthians 13:6
- 15 Psalm 125:5; Proverbs 21:8; Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 59:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5–23; Proverbs 23:27
- 17 Ezekiel 16:59–60; Jeremiah 3:4; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 2:14–16; Proverbs 5:18
- 18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Proverbs 9:18; Galatians 5:19–21; Revelation 21:8; Ephesians 5:5
- 19 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Psalm 81:12; Hosea 4:14; Matthew 19:24–26; Hebrews 6:18
- 20 Hebrews 6:12; 3 John 11; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 13:20
- 21 Psalm 84:11; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 10:30; Job 42:12
- 22 Psalm 52:5; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 10:30
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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).
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“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).
For in these very books on the study of which they are intent, they read, "The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding;" and it is from Him they have received their very desire for knowledge, if it is wedded to piety.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)