Proverbs 2 Clementine Vulgate
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1 [Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
1 HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,
2 ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
2 Haciendo estar atento tu oído á la sabiduría; [si] inclinares tu corazón á la prudencia;
3 Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
3 Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz;
4 si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
4 Si como á la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como á tesoros;
5 tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
5 Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
6 quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
6 Porque Jehová da la sabiduría, y de su boca [viene] el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
7 Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
7 El provee de sólida sabiduría á los rectos: [es] escudo á los que caminan rectamente.
8 servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
8 [Es] el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos.
9 Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]
9 Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
10 [Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,
10 Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,
11 consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
11 El consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia:
12 ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
12 Para librarte del mal camino, de los hombres que hablan perversidades;
13 qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
13 Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar en caminos tenebrosos;
14 qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
14 Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio;
15 quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
15 Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y torcidos sus caminos.
16 Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
16 Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;
17 et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
17 Que desampara el príncipe de su mocedad, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.
18 et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.
18 Por lo cual su casa está inclinada á la muerte, y sus veredas hacia los muertos:
19 Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
19 Todos los que á ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.
20 Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
20 Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.
21 qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
21 Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;
22 impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.]
22 Mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra, y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.
Cross references (22)
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- 1 Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 4:1; John 12:47–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9
- 2 Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 18:1; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 13:9; Psalm 119:111–112
- 3 James 1:5; Ephesians 1:17–18; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 25:4–5; 1 Kings 3:9–12
- 4 Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:29; Proverbs 16:16; Job 3:21; Proverbs 8:18–19
- 5 Proverbs 1:7; Jeremiah 24:7; Luke 10:22; 1 John 5:20; Luke 11:9–13
- 6 Ephesians 1:17–18; James 1:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 54:13; Job 32:8
- 7 James 3:15–17; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 84:11; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 8 Psalm 23:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:28–29; Psalm 145:20; Psalm 66:9
- 9 Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 1:2–6
- 10 Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; Job 23:12; Proverbs 24:13–14; Psalm 104:34
- 11 Proverbs 4:6; Ephesians 5:15; Psalm 25:21; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Psalm 119:9–11
- 12 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Isaiah 59:3–5
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 21:16; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 14 Romans 1:32; Proverbs 10:23; Jeremiah 11:15; Luke 22:4–5; 1 Corinthians 13:6
- 15 Psalm 125:5; Proverbs 21:8; Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 59:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5–23; Proverbs 23:27
- 17 Ezekiel 16:59–60; Jeremiah 3:4; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 2:14–16; Proverbs 5:18
- 18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Proverbs 9:18; Galatians 5:19–21; Revelation 21:8; Ephesians 5:5
- 19 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Psalm 81:12; Hosea 4:14; Matthew 19:24–26; Hebrews 6:18
- 20 Hebrews 6:12; 3 John 11; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 13:20
- 21 Psalm 84:11; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 10:30; Job 42:12
- 22 Psalm 52:5; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 10:30
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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 in these very books on the study of which they are intent, they read, "The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding;" and it is from Him they have received their very desire for knowledge, if it is wedded to piety.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)