Proverbs · Literal Standard Version
Proverbs 22 Literal Standard Version
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1 A name is chosen rather than much wealth, || Than silver and than gold—good grace.
1 DE más estima es la buena fama que las muchas riquezas; y la buena gracia más que la plata y el oro.
2 Rich and poor have met together, || YHWH [is] the Maker of them all.
2 El rico y el pobre se encontraron: á todos ellos hizo Jehová.
3 The prudent has seen the evil, and is hidden, || And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
3 El avisado ve el mal, y escóndese: mas los simples pasan, y reciben el daño.
4 The end of humility [is] the fear of YHWH, riches, and honor, and life.
4 Riquezas, y honra, y vida, [son] la remuneración de la humildad [y] del temor de Jehová.
5 Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse, || Whoever is keeping his soul is far from them.
5 Espinas [y] lazos hay en el camino del perverso: el que guarda su alma se alejará de ellos.
6 Give instruction to a youth about his way, || Even when he is old he does not turn from it.
6 Instruye al niño en su carrera: aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de ella.
7 The rich rules over the poor, || And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
7 El rico se enseñoreará de los pobres; y el que toma prestado, siervo es del que empresta.
8 Whoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, || And the rod of his anger wears out.
8 El que sembrare iniquidad, iniquidad segará: y consumiráse la vara de su ira.
9 The good of eye—he is blessed, || For he has given of his bread to the poor.
9 El ojo misericordioso será bendito, porque dió de su pan al indigente.
10 Cast out a scorner—and contention goes out, || And strife and shame cease.
10 Echa fuera al escarnecedor, y saldrá la contienda, y cesará el pleito y la afrenta.
11 Whoever is loving cleanness of heart, || His lips [are] grace, || A king [is] his friend.
11 El que ama la limpieza de corazón, [por] la gracia de sus labios su amigo será el rey.
12 The eyes of YHWH have kept knowledge, || And He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
12 Los ojos de Jehová miran por la ciencia; mas él trastorna las cosas de los prevaricadores.
13 The slothful has said, “A lion [is] outside, || I am slain in the midst of the broad places.”
13 Dice el perezoso: El león está fuera; en mitad de las calles seré muerto.
14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit, || The abhorred of YHWH falls there.
14 Sima profunda es la boca de las extrañas: aquel contra el cual estuviere Jehová airado, caerá en ella.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, || The rod of discipline puts it far from him.
15 La necedad está ligada en el corazón del muchacho; [mas] la vara de la corrección la hará alejar de él.
16 He [who] is oppressing the poor to multiply his [riches], || Is giving to the rich—only to want.
16 El que oprime al pobre para aumentarse él, y que da al rico, ciertamente [será] pobre.
17 Incline your ear, and hear words of the wise, || And set your heart to my knowledge,
17 Inclina tu oído, y oye las palabras de los sabios, y pon tu corazón á mi sabiduría:
18 For they are pleasant when you keep them in your heart, || They are prepared together for your lips.
18 Porque es cosa deleitable, si las guardares en tus entrañas; y que juntamente sean ordenadas en tus labios.
19 That your trust may be in YHWH, || I caused you to know today, even you.
19 Para que tu confianza sea en Jehová, te [las] he hecho saber hoy á ti también.
20 Have I not written to you three times || With counsels and knowledge?
20 ¿No te he escrito tres veces en consejos y ciencia,
21 To cause you to know the certainty of sayings of truth, || To return sayings of truth to those sending you.
21 Para hacerte saber la certidumbre de las razones verdaderas, para que puedas responder razones de verdad á los que á ti enviaren?
22 Do not rob the poor because he [is] poor, || And do not bruise the afflicted in the gate.
22 No robes al pobre, porque es pobre, ni quebrantes en la puerta al afligido:
23 For YHWH pleads their cause, || And has spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
23 Porque Jehová juzgará la causa de ellos, y despojará el alma de aquellos que los despojaren.
24 Do not show yourself friendly with an angry man, || And do not go in with a man of fury,
24 No te entrometas con el iracundo, ni te acompañes con el hombre de enojos;
25 Lest you learn his paths, || And have received a snare to your soul.
25 Porque no aprendas sus maneras, y tomes lazo para tu alma.
26 Do not be among those striking hands, || Among sureties [for] burdens.
26 No estés entre los que tocan la mano, entre los que fían por deudas.
27 If you have nothing to pay, || Why does he take your bed from under you?
27 Si no tuvieres para pagar, ¿por qué han de quitar tu cama de debajo de ti?
28 Do not remove a border of ancient times, || That your fathers have made.
28 No traspases el término antiguo que pusieron tus padres.
29 Have you seen a man speedy in his business? He stations himself before kings, || He does not station himself before obscure men!
29 ¿Has visto hombre solícito en su obra? delante de los reyes estará; no estará delante de los de baja suerte.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 7:1; Luke 10:20; 1 Kings 1:47
- 2 Job 31:15; 1 Samuel 2:7; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 29:13; Job 34:19
- 3 Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 29:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–6; Hebrews 11:7
- 4 James 4:10; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 34:9–10; Proverbs 21:21; Psalm 112:1–3
- 5 Proverbs 16:17; Jude 20–21; 1 John 5:18; Proverbs 15:19; Psalm 18:26–27
- 6 Ephesians 6:4; Deuteronomy 6:7; 2 Timothy 3:15; Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 4:9
- 7 2 Kings 4:1; Matthew 18:25; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 14:31
- 8 Galatians 6:7–8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 30:31; Psalm 125:3; Hosea 10:13
- 9 Proverbs 19:17; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 4:9
- 10 1 Corinthians 5:5–6; Proverbs 26:20–21; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Psalm 101:5; Nehemiah 13:28
- 11 Matthew 5:8; Proverbs 16:13; Psalm 101:6; Proverbs 14:35; Psalm 45:2
- 12 2 Timothy 3:8–9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Acts 13:8–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Job 5:12–13
- 13 Proverbs 26:13–16; Numbers 13:32–33; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 6:24–29; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:5–27
- 15 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 23:13–14; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 16 Proverbs 22:22–23; James 2:13; Psalm 12:5; James 5:1–5; Luke 14:12–14
- 17 Proverbs 23:12; Psalm 90:12; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 2:2–5
- 18 Jeremiah 15:16; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 8:6; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 15:7
- 19 Psalm 62:8; Isaiah 12:2; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 26:4; 1 Peter 1:21
- 20 2 Peter 1:19–21; Proverbs 8:6; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Psalm 12:6; Hosea 8:12
- 21 Luke 1:3–4; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 5:13; John 20:31
- 22 Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Exodus 23:6; Proverbs 22:16; Job 31:21
- 23 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 12:5; Jeremiah 51:36; Proverbs 23:11; 1 Samuel 25:39
- 24 Proverbs 29:22; 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Proverbs 21:24
- 25 1 Corinthians 15:33; Psalm 106:35; Proverbs 13:20
- 26 Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 6:1–5; Proverbs 27:13
- 27 Proverbs 20:16; 2 Kings 4:1; Exodus 22:26–27
- 28 Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Proverbs 23:10; Job 24:2
- 29 1 Kings 11:28; Matthew 25:21; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 10:4; Matthew 25:23
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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).
Scripture says, "The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the Maker of them both." The rich and the poor meet together.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Because we incessantly move the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set. We encroach, we add house to house, field to field, to enrich ourselves at the expense of our neighbour.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)