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Proverbs 9 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 La sabiduría edificó su casa. Labró sus siete columnas.
1 Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
2 Degolló sus animales, Mezcló su vino, Sirvió su mesa,
2 She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
3 Y envió a sus criadas A pregonarlo desde las más altas cumbres de la ciudad:
3 She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
4 ¡El que sea simple, venga acá! Al falto de entendimiento le quiero hablar:
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
5 ¡Vengan, coman de mis manjares, Y beban del vino que mezclé!
5 “Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
6 ¡Dejen la necedad y vivan, Pongan sus pies en el camino del entendimiento!
6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
7 El que corrige al burlador se acarrea insultos. El que reprende al perverso se acarrea afrenta.
7 One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
8 No reprendas al burlador, no sea que te aborrezca. Reprende al sabio, y te amará.
8 Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
9 Da al sabio, y será aun más sabio. Enseña al justo, y aumentará su saber.
9 Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
10 El temor a Yavé es el principio de la sabiduría, Y el conocimiento del Santísimo es el entendimiento.
10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 Porque por mí se aumentarán tus días, Y años de vida se te añadirán.
11 For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
12 Si eres sabio, para ti mismo eres sabio, Y si eres burlador, solo tú llevarás el daño.
12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
13 La mujer necia es alborotadora. Es simple y nada sabe.
13 The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
14 Se sienta en la puerta de su casa, O en los lugares más altos de la ciudad
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 Para llamar a los que pasan, A los que van directo por sus sendas:
15 to call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
16 ¡Todos los ingenuos vengan acá! Y dice a los faltos de cordura:
16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
17 ¡El agua robada es dulce! ¡El pan comido en oculto es sabroso!
17 “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 No saben ellos que allí están los muertos, Y que sus invitados están tendidos en lo profundo del Seol.
18 But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 16:18; Revelation 3:12; Galatians 2:9; 1 Peter 2:5–6; Ephesians 2:20–22
- 2 Matthew 22:3–14; Isaiah 25:6; Luke 14:16–17; Proverbs 9:5; Proverbs 23:30
- 3 Proverbs 9:14; Proverbs 8:1–3; Matthew 22:3–4; Psalm 68:11; Proverbs 1:20–23
- 4 Proverbs 6:32; Matthew 11:25; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 9:16; Revelation 22:17
- 5 John 6:27; Song of Songs 5:1; Proverbs 9:17; Jeremiah 31:12–14; Matthew 26:26–28
- 6 Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 4:11; Luke 13:24; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Proverbs 4:14–15
- 7 Proverbs 15:12; Proverbs 23:9; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Chronicles 25:15–16; 2 Chronicles 24:20–22
- 8 Proverbs 13:18; Psalm 141:5; Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 15:12; Proverbs 29:1
- 9 Proverbs 1:5; 1 John 5:13; Matthew 13:11–12; Proverbs 25:12; 1 John 2:20–21
- 10 Psalm 111:10; Job 28:28; Proverbs 1:7; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Proverbs 2:5
- 11 Proverbs 10:27; Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs 3:16; Deuteronomy 6:2
- 12 Job 22:2–3; Ezekiel 18:20; 2 Peter 3:3–4; Job 22:21; Proverbs 16:26
- 13 Proverbs 7:11; Proverbs 5:6; Proverbs 21:19; 1 Timothy 6:4; Proverbs 21:9
- 14 Proverbs 9:3; Proverbs 7:10–12
- 15 Proverbs 7:25–27; Proverbs 23:27–28; Proverbs 7:13–15
- 16 Proverbs 9:4
- 17 Proverbs 20:17; Proverbs 23:31–32; Proverbs 30:20; James 1:14–15; Genesis 3:6
- 18 Proverbs 7:27; Proverbs 2:18–19; Proverbs 5:5; Psalm 82:5; Proverbs 1:7
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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).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
With respect to the star, we have said these things, and yet more perhaps may be said by you; for, it is said, "Give occasion to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:" but we must now come to the beginning of what hath been read.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)