Proverbs · Unlocked Literal Bible
Proverbs 27 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
1 NO te jactes del día de mañana; porque no sabes qué dará de sí el día.
2 Let someone else praise you and not your own mouth; a stranger and not your own lips.
2 Alábete el extraño, y no tu boca; el ajeno, y no tus labios.
3 Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand— the provocation of a fool is heavier than both.
3 Pesada es la piedra, y la arena pesa; mas la ira del necio es más pesada que ambas cosas.
4 There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
4 Cruel es la ira, é impetuoso el furor; mas ¿quién parará delante de la envidia?
5 Better is an open rebuke than hidden love.
5 Mejor es reprensión manifiesta que amor oculto.
6 Faithful are the wounds caused by a friend, but an enemy may kiss you profusely.
6 Fieles son las heridas del que ama; pero importunos los besos del que aborrece.
7 A person who has eaten to the full rejects even a honeycomb, but to the hungry person, every bitter thing is sweet.
7 El alma harta huella el panal de miel; mas al alma hambrienta todo lo amargo es dulce.
8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who strays from where he lives.
8 Cual ave que se va de su nido, tal es el hombre que se va de su lugar.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart rejoice, but the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere counsel.
9 El ungüento y el perfume alegran el corazón: y el amigo al hombre con el cordial consejo.
10 Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father, and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away.
10 No dejes á tu amigo, ni al amigo de tu padre; ni entres en casa de tu hermano el día de tu aflicción: mejor es el vecino cerca que el hermano lejano.
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice; then I will give back an answer to the one who mocks me.
11 Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón, y tendré qué responder al que me deshonrare.
12 A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, but the naive people go on and suffer because of it.
12 El avisado ve el mal, [y] escóndese; [mas] los simples pasan, [y] llevan el daño.
13 Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman.
13 Quítale su ropa al que fió al extraño; y [al que fió] á la extraña, tómale prenda.
14 Whoever gives his neighbor a blessing with a loud voice early in the morning, that blessing will be considered to be a curse!
14 El que bendice á su amigo en alta voz, madrugando de mañana, por maldición se le contará.
15 A quarreling wife is like the constant dripping on a rainy day;
15 Gotera continua en tiempo de lluvia, y la mujer rencillosa, son semejantes:
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or trying to catch oil in your right hand.
16 El que pretende contenerla, arresta el viento: ó el aceite en su mano derecha.
17 Iron sharpens iron; in the same way, a man sharpens his friend.
17 Hierro con hierro se aguza; y el hombre aguza el rostro de su amigo.
18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and the one who protects his master will be honored.
18 El que guarda la higuera, comerá su fruto; y el que guarda á su señor, será honrado.
19 Just as water reflects a person's face, so a person's heart reflects the person.
19 Como un agua se parece á otra, así el corazón del hombre al otro.
20 Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, so a man's eyes are never satisfied.
20 El sepulcro y la perdición nunca se hartan: así los ojos del hombre nunca están satisfechos.
21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; and a person is tested when he is praised.
21 El crisol [prueba] la plata, y la hornaza el oro: y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.
22 Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— yet his foolishness will not leave him.
22 Aunque majes al necio en un mortero entre granos de trigo á pisón majados, no se quitará de él su necedad.
23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks and be concerned about your herds,
23 Considera atentamente el aspecto de tus ovejas; pon tu corazón á tus rebaños:
24 for wealth is not forever. Does a crown endure for all generations?
24 Porque las riquezas no son para siempre; ¿y [será] la corona para perpetuas generaciones?
25 You should know when the hay is gone and the new growth appears, and the time when the grass from the hills is gathered in.
25 Saldrá la grama, aparecerá la hierba, y segaránse las hierbas de los montes.
26 Those lambs will provide your clothing and the goats will provide the price of the field.
26 Los corderos para tus vestidos, y los cabritos para el precio del campo:
27 There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household— and nourishment for your servant girls.
27 Y abundancia de leche de las cabras para tu mantenimiento, y para mantenimiento de tu casa, y para sustento de tus criadas.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 James 4:13–16; Luke 12:19–20; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Samuel 28:19
- 2 2 Corinthians 10:18; Proverbs 25:27; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 12:11
- 3 Daniel 3:19; 1 John 3:12; Proverbs 17:12; Genesis 49:7; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
- 4 Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 14:30; James 3:14–16; Job 5:2; Matthew 27:18
- 5 Proverbs 28:23; 1 Timothy 5:20; Galatians 2:14; Matthew 18:15; Leviticus 19:17
- 6 Psalm 141:5; Revelation 3:19; Job 5:17–18; Proverbs 26:23–26; 2 Samuel 12:7–15
- 7 Luke 15:16–17; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:18–20; Numbers 11:4–9; John 6:9
- 8 Proverbs 21:16; Isaiah 16:2; Jonah 1:3; 1 Corinthians 7:20; Jonah 1:10–17
- 9 Proverbs 16:23–24; Proverbs 16:21; Psalm 23:5; Proverbs 15:23; Psalm 104:15
- 10 Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 17:17; 1 Kings 12:6–8; Luke 10:30–37; Proverbs 19:7
- 11 Proverbs 10:1; Psalm 119:42; Proverbs 23:15–16; 2 John 4; Proverbs 23:24–25
- 12 Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 18:10; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 3:10–14; 2 Peter 3:7
- 13 Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 6:1–4; Proverbs 22:26–27; Exodus 22:26
- 14 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Acts 12:22–23; Jeremiah 28:2–4; 1 Kings 22:13; 2 Samuel 15:2–7
- 15 Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Job 14:19
- 16 John 12:3
- 17 Hebrews 10:24; Proverbs 27:9; Job 4:3–4; 1 Samuel 23:16; Isaiah 35:3–4
- 18 1 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Timothy 2:6; Song of Songs 8:12; Luke 12:37; John 12:26
- 19 James 1:22–25; Psalm 33:15; Mark 7:21; Genesis 6:5
- 20 Ecclesiastes 1:8; 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 30:15–16; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Habakkuk 2:5
- 21 Proverbs 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 66:10; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7
- 22 Proverbs 23:35; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 1:5; Revelation 16:10–11; Exodus 14:5
- 23 1 Peter 5:2; John 21:15–17; Genesis 33:13; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Proverbs 24:32
- 24 Proverbs 23:5; 1 Timothy 6:17–18; Zephaniah 1:18; James 1:10; Isaiah 9:7
- 25 Proverbs 10:5; Psalm 104:14
- 26 Job 31:20
- 27 Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 30:8–9
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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).
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).
Have pity, O Lord God, lest they who pass by trample on the unfledged bird; and send Thine angel, who may restore it to its nest that it may live until it can fly.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Hence it is written, "Let not thy own mouth praise thee, but let thy neighbor's" mouth praise thee. But this was said to man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
There is a precept laid on man: "Let not thine own mouth praise thee, but the mouth of thy neighbor." For self-pleasing is a perilous thing for one who has to be on his guard against falling into pride.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)