Proverbs · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Proverbs 6 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Hijo mío, si saliste fiador por tu prójimo, Si empeñaste tu palabra a un extraño,
1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 Si te enredaste con tus palabras, Y quedaste atrapado con los dichos de tu boca,
2 you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
3 Haz esto ahora, hijo mío, y líbrate. Ya que caíste en las manos de tu prójimo: Vé, humíllate e importuna a tu prójimo.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
4 No concedas sueño a tus ojos, Ni adormecimiento a tus párpados.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Líbrate como gacela de la mano [del cazador], Como un ave de la trampa.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 Mira a la hormiga, oh perezoso, Observa sus caminos y sé sabio,
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
7 La cual, sin tener jefe, Ni gobernador, ni soberano,
7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8 Prepara en el verano su comida. En el tiempo de la cosecha guarda su sustento.
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
9 ¿Hasta cuándo estarás acostado, oh perezoso? ¿Cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño?
9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
10 Un rato duermes, otro dormitas, Un rato cruzas los brazos y descansas.
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 Te llega la miseria como un vagabundo, Y tu necesidad como un hombre armado.
11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
12 Hombre depravado es el hombre inicuo, Que anda en la perversidad de su boca,
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
13 Guiña con un ojo, menea los pies, Hace señas con los dedos.
13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
14 En su corazón hay perversidades, Maquina maldades, y continuamente busca rencillas.
14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
15 Por tanto, su calamidad vendrá de repente. Súbitamente será quebrantado y no habrá remedio.
15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
16 Seis [cosas] aborrece Yavé, Y aun siete repugna su alma:
16 There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
17 Ojos altivos, boca mentirosa, Manos que derraman sangre inocente,
17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 Corazón que maquina planes perversos, Pies presurosos para correr al mal,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
19 Testigo falso que habla mentiras, Y el que enciende discordias entre sus hermanos.
19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
20 Hijo mío, guarda el mandamiento de tu padre, Y no abandones la instrucción de tu madre.
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Átalos continuamente a tu corazón, Enlázalos en torno a tu cuello.
21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
22 Cuando camines, te guiarán. Cuando duermas, te protegerán. Hablarán contigo al despertar.
22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
23 Porque el mandamiento es lámpara, La enseñanza es luz Y camino de vida las reprensiones de la instrucción.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
24 Te guardarán de la mala mujer, De la blandura de la boca de la mujer extraña.
24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
25 No codicies en tu corazón su hermosura, Ni dejes que te cautive con sus párpados.
25 Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26 Porque si la prostituta busca una hogaza de pan, La adúltera caza una vida preciosa.
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
27 ¿Tomará el hombre fuego en su seno, Sin que ardan sus ropas?
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
28 ¿Andará un hombre sobre brasas, Sin que se quemen sus pies?
28 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29 Así sucederá con el que se une a la mujer de su prójimo. Ninguno que la toque quedará impune.
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
30 ¿No desprecian al ladrón aunque robe Para llenar su estómago cuando tiene hambre?
30 Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
31 Si es sorprendido, tiene que pagar siete veces Y entregar todo lo que tiene en su casa.
31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
32 Pues el adúltero es hombre sin cordura, Destructor de sí mismo es el que lo hace.
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
33 Heridas y deshonra hallará, Y su afrenta no será borrada.
33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
34 Porque los celos son la ira del hombre. En el día de la venganza no perdonará,
34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
35 Ni aceptará algún rescate. No se aplacará aunque ofrezcas muchos regalos.
35 He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 22:26; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 11:15; Genesis 43:9
- 2 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 12:13
- 3 James 4:10; 2 Samuel 24:14; Psalm 31:8; Exodus 10:3; 2 Chronicles 12:5
- 4 Psalm 132:4; Proverbs 6:10–11; Mark 13:35–36; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Matthew 24:17–18
- 5 Psalm 91:3; Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 1:17
- 6 Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 18:9; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 6:9; Hebrews 6:12
- 7 Job 38:39–39:12; Proverbs 30:27; Job 39:26–30; Job 41:4–34
- 8 Proverbs 10:5; 1 Timothy 6:19; Proverbs 30:25
- 9 Proverbs 24:33–34; Psalm 94:8; Jeremiah 4:14; Ephesians 5:14; Proverbs 1:22
- 10 Proverbs 24:33–34; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 23:33–34
- 11 Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 24:34
- 12 Matthew 12:34; Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 4:24; 1 Timothy 5:13; Psalm 52:2–4
- 13 Psalm 35:19; Job 15:12; Proverbs 10:10; Proverbs 5:6
- 14 Micah 2:1; Romans 16:17; Hosea 8:7; Proverbs 6:18–19; Proverbs 26:17–22
- 15 2 Chronicles 36:16; Jeremiah 19:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Proverbs 1:27; Isaiah 30:13–14
- 16 Psalm 11:5; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 11:20; Proverbs 17:15; Deuteronomy 25:16
- 17 Psalm 120:2–3; Proverbs 12:22; Isaiah 1:15; Psalm 101:5; Psalm 5:6
- 18 Genesis 6:5; Proverbs 1:16; Jeremiah 4:14; Psalm 36:4; Romans 3:15
- 19 Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 6:14; James 3:18; Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 19:9
- 20 Ephesians 6:1; Deuteronomy 27:16; Proverbs 7:1–4; Proverbs 1:8–9; Proverbs 23:22
- 21 Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3–4; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8; Exodus 13:16
- 22 Psalm 119:11; Proverbs 3:23–24; Proverbs 2:11; Psalm 119:24; Psalm 119:97
- 23 Psalm 119:105; 2 Peter 1:19; Psalm 19:8; Proverbs 15:31; Proverbs 4:13
- 24 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:5; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 5:3
- 25 James 1:14–15; Matthew 5:28; 2 Kings 9:30; 2 Samuel 11:2–5; Song of Songs 4:9
- 26 Luke 15:30; Proverbs 29:3; Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 2:36; Ezekiel 13:18
- 27 Job 31:9–12; James 3:5; Hosea 7:4–7
- 29 1 Corinthians 7:1; Leviticus 20:10; 2 Samuel 12:9–10; Ezekiel 22:11; Malachi 3:5
- 31 Luke 19:8; Job 20:18; 2 Samuel 12:6; Exodus 22:1–4; Matthew 18:25
- 32 Proverbs 7:7; Hebrews 13:4; Proverbs 7:22–23; Romans 1:22–24; Proverbs 2:18–19
- 33 Proverbs 5:9–11; 1 Kings 15:5; Psalm 38:1–8; Nehemiah 13:26; Matthew 1:6
- 34 Numbers 5:14; Proverbs 27:4; Song of Songs 8:6; 1 Corinthians 10:22; Numbers 25:11
- 35 Proverbs 8:25; 2 Kings 5:1; Malachi 2:9; Isaiah 2:9; Proverbs 4:3
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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).
… minds of the Romans, demanded for her service their best citizen, not to ripen him still more in virtue by her helpful counsel, but to entangle him by her deceit, like her of whom it is written, "The adulteress will hunt for the precious soul." Her intent was to puff up this high- souled man by an apparently divine testimony …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For ye know how great a thing jealousy is: and therefore He said, to whom these things are clearly known, "For full of jealousy is the rage of a husband;" "he will not spare in the day of vengeance:" and "jealousy is cruel as the grave." And we too know of many that have chosen to give up their lives …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
If however any one thinks that he is not being burned when sinning, to him the Scripture saith, Shall a man wrap up fire in his bosom, and not burn his clothes?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Be therefore prudent, copy the ant, as saith the Scripture: "Store in summer, lest thou hunger in winter;" the winter is the last day, the day of tribulation; the winter is the day of offences and of bitterness: gather what may be there for thee for the future: but if thou doest not so, thou wilt perish both imprudent and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… send unto Kedar, and know if nations will change their gods; which yet are no gods." And to the brutes likewise He sends us oftentimes, saying on this wise, "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, and emulate her ways:" and "go forth to the bee." This therefore I also now say unto you; consider the philosophers of the Greeks; and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)