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Proverbs 3 Majority Standard Bible
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1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
1 HIJO mío, no te olvides de mi ley; y tu corazón guarde mis mandamientos:
1 My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
2 Porque largura de días, y años de vida y paz te aumentarán.
2 for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.
3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
3 Misericordia y verdad no te desamparen; átalas á tu cuello, escríbelas en la tabla de tu corazón:
3 Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
4 Y hallarás gracia y buena opinión en los ojos de Dios y de los hombres.
4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
5 Fíate de Jehová de todo tu corazón, y no estribes en tu prudencia.
5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
6 Reconócelo en todos tus caminos, y él enderezará tus veredas.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
7 No seas sabio en tu opinión: teme á Jehová, y apártate del mal;
7 Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
8 This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
8 Porque será medicina á tu ombligo, y tuétano á tus huesos.
8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
9 Honra á Jehová de tu sustancia, y de las primicias de todos tus frutos;
9 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
10 Y serán llenas tus trojes con abundancia, y tus lagares rebosarán de mosto.
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
11 No deseches, hijo mío, el castigo de Jehová; ni te fatigues de su corrección:
11 My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;
12 for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
12 Porque al que ama castiga, como el padre al hijo á quien quiere.
12 for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
13 Bienaventurado el hombre que halla la sabiduría, y que obtiene la inteligencia:
13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
14 for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
14 Porque su mercadería es mejor que la mercadería de la plata, y sus frutos más que el oro fino.
14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
15 Más preciosa es que las piedras preciosas; y todo lo que puedes desear, no se puede comparar á ella.
15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
16 Largura de días está en su mano derecha; en su izquierda riquezas y honra.
16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
17 All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
17 Sus caminos son caminos deleitosos, y todas sus veredas paz.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
18 Ella es árbol de vida á los que de ella asen: y bienaventurados son los que la mantienen.
18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
19 Jehová con sabiduría fundó la tierra; afirmó los cielos con inteligencia.
19 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
20 By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
20 Con su ciencia se partieron los abismos, y destilan el rocío los cielos.
20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
21 My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
21 Hijo mío, no se aparten [estas cosas] de tus ojos; guarda la ley y el consejo;
21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
22 They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
22 Y serán vida á tu alma, y gracia á tu cuello.
22 so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
23 Entonces andarás por tu camino confiadamente, y tu pie no tropezará.
23 Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
24 Cuando te acostares, no tendrás temor; antes te acostarás, y tu sueño será suave.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
25 No tendrás temor de pavor repentino, ni de la ruina de los impíos cuando viniere:
25 Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
26 Porque Jehová será tu confianza, y él preservará tu pie de ser preso.
26 for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
27 No detengas el bien de sus dueños, cuando tuvieres poder para hacerlo.
27 Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
28 No digas á tu prójimo: Ve, y vuelve, y mañana [te] daré; cuando tienes contigo [qué darle].
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
29 No intentes mal contra tu prójimo, estando él confiado de ti.
29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
30 No pleitees con alguno sin razón, si él no te ha hecho agravio.
30 Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
31 No envidies al hombre injusto, ni escojas alguno de sus caminos.
31 Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
32 Porque el perverso es abominado de Jehová: mas su secreto es con los rectos.
32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.
33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
33 La maldición de Jehová está en la casa del impío; mas él bendecirá la morada de los justos.
33 Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
34 Ciertamente él escarnecerá á los escarnecedores, y á los humildes dará gracia.
34 Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
35 Los sabios heredarán honra: mas los necios sostendrán ignominia.
35 The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 John 14:21–24; Proverbs 4:5; Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Psalm 119:16; Proverbs 1:8
- 2 Ephesians 6:1–3; Proverbs 4:10; Psalm 91:16; Psalm 128:6; Romans 15:13
- 3 Proverbs 7:3; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 10:16; Deuteronomy 11:18–21; Malachi 2:6
- 4 Luke 2:52; 1 Samuel 2:26; Romans 14:18; Psalm 111:10; Genesis 39:2–4
- 5 Psalm 37:5; Jeremiah 17:7–8; Proverbs 28:26; Psalm 37:3; Psalm 62:8
- 6 Proverbs 16:3; Psalm 32:8; Philippians 4:6; Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23
- 7 Job 28:28; Romans 12:16; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 16:6; Job 1:1
- 8 Proverbs 4:22; Psalm 147:3; Proverbs 16:24; Job 21:24; Ezekiel 16:4–5
- 9 Deuteronomy 26:2–15; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Proverbs 14:31; Exodus 23:19; Philippians 4:17–18
- 10 Proverbs 19:17; Deuteronomy 28:8; Proverbs 11:24–25; Joel 2:24; Proverbs 22:9
- 11 Job 5:17; Revelation 3:19; Hebrews 12:5–12; Psalm 94:12; Isaiah 40:30–31
- 12 Deuteronomy 8:5; Revelation 3:19; Proverbs 29:17; Proverbs 13:24; Psalm 103:13
- 13 Proverbs 8:32–35; Proverbs 4:5–9; Ecclesiastes 9:15–18; Proverbs 2:4; 1 Kings 10:1–9
- 14 Proverbs 8:10–11; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 8:19; Job 28:13–19; Revelation 3:18
- 15 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 31:10; Job 28:18; Romans 8:18; Psalm 73:25–26
- 16 Proverbs 3:2; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Proverbs 22:4; 1 Kings 3:13; 1 Timothy 4:8
- 17 Luke 1:79; Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:8–9; Proverbs 2:10; Psalm 119:165
- 18 Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 15:4; Revelation 2:7; Genesis 2:9; Proverbs 13:12
- 19 Psalm 104:24; Jeremiah 10:12; John 1:3; Jeremiah 51:15; Psalm 136:5
- 20 Genesis 7:11; Psalm 65:9–12; Job 36:27–28; Genesis 1:9; Genesis 27:28
- 21 Joshua 1:8; Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Deuteronomy 32:46–47; Proverbs 4:21; Hebrews 2:1–3
- 22 Proverbs 4:22; Proverbs 1:9; Isaiah 38:16; John 12:49–50
- 23 Proverbs 4:12; Proverbs 10:9; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 91:11–12; Psalm 37:31
- 24 Psalm 4:8; Psalm 3:5; Proverbs 6:22; Job 11:19; Psalm 121:4–7
- 25 Isaiah 41:10–14; Psalm 112:7; 1 Peter 3:14; Psalm 91:5; Isaiah 8:12–13
- 26 Psalm 91:3; Proverbs 14:26; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 91:9–10; Habakkuk 3:17–18
- 27 Galatians 6:10; James 2:15–16; Romans 13:7; James 5:4; Genesis 31:29
- 28 Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:12–15; 2 Corinthians 8:11; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ecclesiastes 11:6
- 29 Proverbs 6:14; Psalm 55:20; Micah 2:1–2; Proverbs 16:29–30; Psalm 59:3
- 30 2 Timothy 2:24; Proverbs 29:22; Romans 12:18–21; Proverbs 25:8–9; Proverbs 18:6
- 31 Proverbs 24:1; Psalm 37:1; Galatians 5:21; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Proverbs 23:17
- 32 Psalm 25:14; Proverbs 11:20; John 15:15; Proverbs 17:15; Proverbs 8:13
- 33 Psalm 37:22; Leviticus 26:14–46; Psalm 91:10; Job 8:6–7; Malachi 2:2
- 34 James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5; Psalm 138:6; Proverbs 9:12; Isaiah 57:15
- 35 Psalm 132:18; Isaiah 65:13–15; 1 Samuel 2:30; Daniel 12:2–3; Psalm 73:24
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
"For God," saith [the Scripture], "resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble." Let us cleave, then, to those to whom grace has been given by God.
By His knowledge the depths burst forth, and the clouds dropped down the dew." And again: "The Lord created me the beginning of His ways in His work: He set me up from everlasting, in the beginning, before He made the earth, before He established the depths, and before the fountains of waters gushed forth; before the mountains were made …
For Thou hast said unto man, "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;" and desire not to seem wise, because, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." But I had now found the goodly pearl, which, selling all that I had, I ought to have bought; and I hesitated.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For thus saith the holy Word: "The Lord hath severely chastened me, yet hath not given me over to death." "For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." "The righteous," saith it, "shall chasten me in mercy, and reprove me; but let not the oil of sinners make fat my head." And again he …
So that the tree of life would seem to have been in the terrestrial Paradise what the wisdom of God is in the spiritual, of which it is written, "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)