Proverbs · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Proverbs 9 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
1 LA sabiduría edificó su casa, labró sus siete columnas;
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
2 Mató sus víctimas, templó su vino, y puso su mesa.
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
3 Envió sus criadas; sobre lo más alto de la ciudad clamó:
4 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
4 Cualquiera simple, venga acá. A los faltos de cordura dijo:
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
5 Venid, comed mi pan, y bebed del vino que yo he templado.
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
6 Dejad las simplezas, y vivid; y andad por el camino de la inteligencia.
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
7 El que corrige al escarnecedor, afrenta se acarrea: el que reprende al impío, se [atrae] mancha.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
8 No reprendas al escarnecedor, porque no te aborrezca; corrige al sabio, y te amará.
9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
9 Da al sabio, y será más sabio: enseña al justo, y acrecerá su saber.
10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
10 El temor de Jehová es el principio de la sabiduría; y la ciencia de los santos es inteligencia.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
11 Porque por mí se aumentarán tus días, y años de vida se te añadirán.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
12 Si fueres sabio, para ti lo serás: mas si fueres escarnecedor, pagarás tú solo.
13 ¶ A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
13 La mujer loca es alborotadora; [es] simple é ignorante.
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
14 Siéntase en una silla á la puerta de su casa, en lo alto de la ciudad,
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
15 Para llamar á los que pasan por el camino, que van por sus caminos derechos.
16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
16 Cualquiera simple, [dice], venga acá. A los faltos de cordura dijo:
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
17 Las aguas hurtadas son dulces, y el pan [comido] en oculto es suave.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
18 Y no saben que allí están los muertos; que sus convidados están en los profundos de la sepultura.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 16:18; Revelation 3:12; Galatians 2:9; 1 Peter 2:5–6; Ephesians 2:20–22
- 2 Matthew 22:3–14; Isaiah 25:6; Luke 14:16–17; Proverbs 9:5; Proverbs 23:30
- 3 Proverbs 9:14; Proverbs 8:1–3; Matthew 22:3–4; Psalm 68:11; Proverbs 1:20–23
- 4 Proverbs 6:32; Matthew 11:25; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 9:16; Revelation 22:17
- 5 John 6:27; Song of Songs 5:1; Proverbs 9:17; Jeremiah 31:12–14; Matthew 26:26–28
- 6 Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 4:11; Luke 13:24; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Proverbs 4:14–15
- 7 Proverbs 15:12; Proverbs 23:9; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Chronicles 25:15–16; 2 Chronicles 24:20–22
- 8 Proverbs 13:18; Psalm 141:5; Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 15:12; Proverbs 29:1
- 9 Proverbs 1:5; 1 John 5:13; Matthew 13:11–12; Proverbs 25:12; 1 John 2:20–21
- 10 Psalm 111:10; Job 28:28; Proverbs 1:7; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Proverbs 2:5
- 11 Proverbs 10:27; Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs 3:16; Deuteronomy 6:2
- 12 Job 22:2–3; Ezekiel 18:20; 2 Peter 3:3–4; Job 22:21; Proverbs 16:26
- 13 Proverbs 7:11; Proverbs 5:6; Proverbs 21:19; 1 Timothy 6:4; Proverbs 21:9
- 14 Proverbs 9:3; Proverbs 7:10–12
- 15 Proverbs 7:25–27; Proverbs 23:27–28; Proverbs 7:13–15
- 16 Proverbs 9:4
- 17 Proverbs 20:17; Proverbs 23:31–32; Proverbs 30:20; James 1:14–15; Genesis 3:6
- 18 Proverbs 7:27; Proverbs 2:18–19; Proverbs 5:5; Psalm 82:5; Proverbs 1:7
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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).
Now, "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;" the sense of sin leads to repentance, and God bestows His compassion upon those who are penitent.
Woe, woe, by what steps was I dragged down "to the depths of hell!" --toiling and turmoiling through want of Truth, when I sought after Thee, my God,--to Thee I confess it, who hadst mercy on me when I had not yet confessed,--sought after Thee not according to the understanding of the mind, in which Thou desiredst that I should …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
With respect to the star, we have said these things, and yet more perhaps may be said by you; for, it is said, "Give occasion to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:" but we must now come to the beginning of what hath been read.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Again, we call "beginning" the essential and first part from which a thing proceeds, such as the foundation of a house, the keel of a vessel; it is in this sense that it is said, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," that is to say that piety is, as it were, the groundwork and foundation of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
I came upon that bold woman, who "is simple, and knoweth nothing," the enigma of Solomon, sitting "at the door of the house on a seat," and saying, "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." This woman seduced me, because she found my soul beyond its portals, dwelling in the eye of my flesh, and thinking …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)