Proverbs · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Proverbs 18 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Los egoístas solo se complacen a sí mismos. Atacan todo lo que procede de la inteligencia.
1 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
2 A los necios no les importa entender, sino solo expresar sus opiniones.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
3 Con la maldad viene el desprecio, y con la deshonra viene la desgracia.
3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
4 Las palabras de las personas pueden ser profundas como las aguas; como una corriente que brota y es la fuente de la sabiduría.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 No es correcto mostrar preferencia con el culpable y privar al inocente de la justicia.
5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 Las palabras de los necios los meten en problemas, como si pidieran a gritos una paliza.
6 A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
7 Los necios caen por sus propias palabras. Sus propias palabras los enredan en una trampa.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 Escuchar chismes es como comer bocados de tu comida favorita. Llegan hasta lo más profundo.
8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
9 La pereza y la destrucción son hermanos.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 El Señor es una torre protectora para los justos, bajo la cual pueden estar seguros.
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 Los ricos ven la riqueza como una ciudad fortificada. Es como un muro alto en su imaginación.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 El orgullo conduce a la destrucción. La humildad precede a la honra.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
13 Responder antes de escuchar es ignorancia y vergüenza.
13 He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
14 Con un espíritu valiente podrás combatir la enfermedad, pero si tu espíritu está quebrantado, será imposible soportarla.
14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
15 Una mente inteligente adquiere conocimiento; los sabios están prestos para escuchar el conocimiento.
15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 Un don abrirá puertas para ti, y te llevará a la presencia de personas importantes.
16 A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17 La primera persona en alegar un caso estará en lo correcto hasta que alguien llegue a examinarlos.
17 He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
18 Entre los poderosos echar suertes puede acabar una disputa y mostrar la decisión correcta.
18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
19 Un hermano a quien has ofendido será más difícil de reconquistar que una ciudad fortificada. Las peleas separan a las personas como barras en las puertas de un castillo.
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
20 Asegúrate de estar en paz con lo que dices, porque siempre tendrás que vivir con tus palabras.
20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 Tus palabras tienen el poder de traer vida o muerte; aquellos que disfrutan hablar mucho tendrán que vivir con las consecuencias.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 Si encuentras una esposa has hallado un bien, y serás bendecido por el Señor.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
23 Los pobres ruegan por misericordia, pero los ricos responden con dureza.
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 Algunos amigos te abandonarán, pero hay un amigo que estará más cercano que un hermano.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:15–17; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 2:1–6; Jeremiah 15:17; Proverbs 24:21
- 2 Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 12:23; Psalm 1:1–2; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 13:16
- 3 Proverbs 22:10; 1 Peter 4:14; Proverbs 11:2; 1 Peter 4:4; Proverbs 29:16
- 4 Proverbs 20:5; Proverbs 10:11; Colossians 4:6; John 4:14; Proverbs 13:14
- 5 Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 16:19; Proverbs 28:21; Psalm 82:2; Proverbs 17:15
- 6 Proverbs 27:3; Proverbs 16:27–28; Proverbs 22:24–25; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 25:24
- 7 Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 10:14; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 140:9
- 8 Proverbs 12:18; Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 26:20–22; Psalm 64:3–4
- 9 Proverbs 10:4; Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 24:30–34; Romans 12:11; Proverbs 23:20–21
- 10 2 Samuel 22:3; Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 91:2; Psalm 144:2; Psalm 61:3–4
- 11 Proverbs 10:15; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Psalm 52:5–7; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 49:6–9
- 12 Proverbs 15:33; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 28:2
- 13 John 7:51; Deuteronomy 13:14; Proverbs 20:25; Job 29:16
- 14 Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; 1 Peter 1:6; Psalm 147:3
- 15 James 1:5; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; Luke 10:39
- 16 Proverbs 19:6; Genesis 43:11; Genesis 33:10; 1 Samuel 25:27; Proverbs 17:8
- 17 Proverbs 18:13
- 18 Proverbs 16:33; Nehemiah 11:1; 1 Samuel 10:21–27; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Samuel 14:42
- 19 Proverbs 16:32; Acts 15:39; Proverbs 6:19; Genesis 37:3–5; 1 Kings 12:16
- 20 Proverbs 25:11–12; Proverbs 12:13–14; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 22:18
- 21 Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 12:35–37; Colossians 4:6; Proverbs 10:19–21; James 3:6–9
- 22 Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 12:4; Ecclesiastes 9:9; 1 Corinthians 7:2
- 23 James 2:3; James 1:9–11; Exodus 5:2; James 2:6; 1 Samuel 25:17
- 24 Proverbs 17:17; John 15:13–15; Proverbs 27:9; 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 19:4–5
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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 that is true which is written, "Pride goeth before destruction, and before honor is humility;" that is to say, secret ruin precedes open ruin, while the former is not counted ruin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Defile it not therefore, lest to thee also He say, "Though ye make many prayers, I will not hearken." Yea, and "in the power of the tongue are death and life;" and, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." I bid thee then watch thy tongue more than the apple of thine …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The hand of God he hath called the power of God: as hath been written in another place, "death and life are in the hands of the tongue." Hath the tongue hands?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)