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1 El vino lleva al hombre a la desvergüenza, las bebidas embriagantes al escándalo; ¡el que está bajo sus efectos no puede ser sabio!
1 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 La furia del rey es como el rugir del león, hacerlo enojar es arriesgar la vida.
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3 Evitar los pleitos es honroso para el hombre, sólo el necio los empieza.
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
4 El perezoso no labra la tierra en otoño, en tiempo de cosecha buscará y no hallará.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Los pensamientos secretos son como aguas profundas; el que es inteligente los conocerá.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Muchos dicen que son amigos fieles, ¿pero se puede encontrar a alguien en quien confiar?
6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
7 El justo lleva una vida recta y honrada; ¡felices los hijos que vienen detrás de él!
7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
8 Cuando el rey se sienta en su trono a juzgar, con una sola mirada echa fuera toda maldad.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 ¿Quién puede decir: «Tengo puro el corazón, estoy limpio de pecado»?
9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
10 El Señor aborrece las pesas falsas y las medidas que engañan.
10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
11 Por sus acciones el niño revela si su conducta será pura y recta.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12 El oído para oír y los ojos para ver son obras de la creación del Señor.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
13 No seas dormilón o terminarás en la pobreza; mantente despierto y tendrás abundante pan.
13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 «¡Esto no sirve!», dice el comprador al regatear, pero después se jacta de su buena compra.
14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 Las palabras sabias son más valiosas que el oro y las piedras preciosas.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Toma en garantía la prenda del que salga como fiador de un extraño.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 La comida que se gana con engaños tal vez sea sabrosa, pero al final será como llenarse la boca de arena.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18 El buen consejo asegura el éxito de los planes; no vayas a la guerra sin una buena estrategia.
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
19 El chismoso cuenta los secretos; no te juntes con el que habla de más.
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20 Al que maldice a su padre o a su madre, la lámpara de su vida se le apagará en la más terrible oscuridad.
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21 La herencia que al principio se obtiene con facilidad, al final no traerá alegría.
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
22 No digas: «¡Me vengaré por el mal que me has hecho!». Confía en el Señor y él actuará por ti.
22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
23 El Señor aborrece las pesas falsas y el uso de medidas engañosas.
23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24 El Señor dirige los pasos del hombre, ¿cómo puede entonces comprender su propio destino?
24 A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
25 Es peligroso prometerle algo al Señor antes de considerar el costo.
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
26 El rey sabio encuentra a los malvados, los avienta y desmenuza bajo la rueda como trigo.
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27 El espíritu del hombre es la lámpara del Señor, que examina hasta lo más profundo del ser.
27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
28 El rey se mantiene seguro en su trono mientras la misericordia y la verdad lo protejan.
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
29 La gloria de los jóvenes está en su fuerza, la honra de los ancianos está en sus canas.
29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30 Los golpes y las heridas curan la maldad; los azotes purifican lo más íntimo del ser.
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:18; Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Proverbs 31:4
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; 1 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 8:36; Hosea 11:10
- 3 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 19:11; Ephesians 4:32–5:1; Proverbs 14:29
- 4 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:24–28; Matthew 25:3–10
- 5 Proverbs 18:4; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Psalm 64:6
- 6 Psalm 12:1; Matthew 6:2; Luke 18:8; Luke 22:33; Proverbs 27:2
- 7 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 37:26; Jeremiah 32:39; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 2:39
- 8 Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 99:4; Psalm 92:9
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8–10; 1 Kings 8:46; Job 14:4; Job 15:14
- 10 Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35; Deuteronomy 25:13–15
- 11 Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:43–44; Proverbs 21:8; Luke 2:46–47; Psalm 51:5
- 12 Matthew 13:13–16; Psalm 94:9; Psalm 119:18; Exodus 4:11; Ephesians 1:17–18
- 13 Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:15; Romans 13:11; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 10:4
- 14 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- 15 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 16:16; Romans 10:14–15
- 16 Proverbs 27:13; Exodus 22:26–27; Proverbs 22:26–27; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 7:5
- 17 Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Job 20:12–20; Lamentations 3:15–16; Hebrews 11:25
- 18 Luke 14:31; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Judges 1:1–2; Proverbs 11:14
- 19 Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 13:3; Romans 16:18; Proverbs 18:8; Leviticus 19:16
- 20 Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 30:11; Proverbs 30:17; Matthew 15:4; Jude 13
- 21 1 Timothy 6:9; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 28:22
- 22 Romans 12:17–19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 24:29; Proverbs 17:13; 1 Peter 3:9
- 23 Proverbs 20:10; Hosea 12:7; Ezekiel 45:10; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5
- 24 Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 25:4
- 25 Ecclesiastes 5:4–6; Matthew 5:33; Numbers 30:2–16; Leviticus 27:9–10; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 12:31; Psalm 101:5–8; 2 Samuel 4:9–12; Isaiah 28:27–28
- 27 1 Corinthians 2:11; Hebrews 4:12–13; Job 32:8; 1 John 3:19–21; Genesis 2:7
- 28 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 101:1; Isaiah 16:5
- 29 1 John 2:14; Proverbs 16:31; Leviticus 19:32; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 30 Hebrews 12:10; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 19:25; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 27:9
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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 [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "The Spirit of the Lord is a candle searching the secret parts of the belly." Let us reflect how near He is, and that none of the thoughts or reasonings in which we engage are hid from Him.
Because, "When the righteous King sitteth on the throne, who will glory that his heart is pure?" It may be thou dost not discover anything in thine own conscience; but He who seeth better, whose Divine glance penetrateth into deeper things, discovereth it may be something, He seeth it may be something, He discovereth something.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Here then it is further required, that each of you be found faithful in his conscience: for a faithful man it is hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So too it is said by Solomon, "For the wise king is the winnower of the ungodly, and he bringeth on them the wheel of the wicked.--After Thine height Thou hast multiplied the sons of men." For there is in temporal things too a multiplication, which turns away from the unity of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For there be many that please themselves, and think themselves righteous; and there is another passage which goeth against them, which saith, "Who shall boast that he hath a clean heart, and that he is pure from sin?" There is then, so to speak, a limit to glorying in our conscience, namely, to know that thy faith is sincere, thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)