Proverbs · Majority Standard Bible
Proverbs 24 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
1 NO tengas envidia de los hombres malos, ni desees estar con ellos:
2 for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
2 Porque su corazón piensa en robar, é iniquidad hablan sus labios.
3 By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
3 Con sabiduría se edificará la casa, y con prudencia se afirmará:
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
4 Y con ciencia se henchirán las cámaras de todo bien preciado y agradable.
5 A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
5 El hombre sabio es fuerte; y de pujante vigor el hombre docto.
6 Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
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 does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
7 Alta está para el insensato la sabiduría: en la puerta no abrirá él su boca.
8 He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
8 Al que piensa mal hacer le llamarán hombre de malos pensamientos.
9 A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
9 El pensamiento del necio es pecado: y abominación á los hombres el escarnecedor.
10 If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
10 Si fueres flojo en el día de trabajo, tu fuerza será reducida.
11 Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
11 Si dejares de librar los que son tomados para la muerte, y los que son llevados al degolladero;
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
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 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
13 Come, hijo mío, de la miel, porque es buena, y del panal dulce á tu paladar:
14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never 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 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
15 Oh impío, no aceches la tienda del justo, no saquees su cámara;
16 For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
16 Porque siete veces cae el justo, y se torna á levantar; mas los impíos caerán en el mal.
17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
17 Cuando cayere tu enemigo, no te huelgues; y cuando tropezare, no se alegre tu corazón:
18 or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
18 Porque Jehová no lo mire, y le desagrade, y aparte de sobre él su enojo.
19 Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
19 No te entrometas con los malignos, ni tengas envidia de los impíos;
20 For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
20 Porque para el malo no habrá [buen] fin, y la candela de los impíos será apagada.
21 My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
21 Teme á Jehová, hijo mío, y al rey; no te entrometas con los veleidosos:
22 For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
22 Porque su quebrantamiento se levantará de repente; y el quebrantamiento de ambos, ¿quién lo comprende?
23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
23 También estas cosas [pertenecen] á los sabios. Tener respeto á personas en el juicio no es bueno.
24 Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
24 El que dijere al malo, Justo eres, los pueblos lo maldecirán, y le detestarán las naciones:
25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
25 Mas los que [lo] reprenden, serán agradables, y sobre ellos vendrá bendición de bien.
26 An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
26 Besados serán los labios del que responde palabras rectas.
27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
27 Apresta tu obra de afuera, y disponla en tu heredad; y después edificarás tu casa.
28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
28 No seas sin causa testigo contra tu prójimo; y no lisonjees con tus labios.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay 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 past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
30 Pasé junto á la heredad del hombre perezoso, y junto á la viña del hombre falto de entendimiento;
31 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall 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 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
32 Y yo miré, y púse[lo] en mi corazón: vi[lo], y tomé consejo.
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
33 Un poco de sueño, cabeceando otro poco, poniendo mano sobre mano otro poco para dormir;
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
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)