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Proverbs 26 World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
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1 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
1 COMO la nieve en el verano, y la lluvia en la siega, así conviene al necio la honra.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
2 Como el gorrión en su vagar, y como la golondrina en su vuelo, así la maldición sin causa nunca vendrá.
3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
3 El látigo para el caballo, y el cabestro para el asno, y la vara para la espalda del necio.
4 Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
4 Nunca respondas al necio en conformidad á su necedad, para que no seas tú también como él.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
5 Responde al necio según su necedad, porque no se estime sabio en su opinión.
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
6 Como el que se corta los pies y bebe su daño, así es el que envía algo por mano de un necio.
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
7 Alzar las piernas del cojo, así es el proverbio en la boca del necio.
8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
8 Como quien liga la piedra en la honda, así [hace] el que al necio da honra.
9 Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
9 Espinas hincadas en mano del embriagado, tal es el proverbio en la boca de los necios.
10 As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
10 El grande cría todas las cosas; y da la paga al insensato, y la da á los transgresores.
11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
11 Como perro que vuelve á su vómito, así el necio que repite su necedad.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
12 ¿Has visto hombre sabio en su opinión? más esperanza hay del necio que de él.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
13 Dice el perezoso: El león está en el camino; el león está en las calles.
14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
14 Las puertas se revuelven en sus quicios: así el perezoso en su cama.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
15 Esconde el perezoso su mano en el seno; cánsase de tornarla á su boca.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
16 A su ver es el perezoso más sabio que siete que [le] den consejo.
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
17 El que pasando se deja llevar de la ira en pleito ajeno, es [como] el que toma al perro por las orejas.
18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
18 Como el que enloquece, y echa llamas y saetas y muerte,
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
19 Tal es el hombre que daña á su amigo, y dice: Ciertamente me chanceaba.
20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
20 Sin leña se apaga el fuego: y donde no hay chismoso, cesa la contienda.
21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
21 El carbón para brasas, y la leña para el fuego: y el hombre rencilloso para encender contienda.
22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
22 Las palabras del chismoso parecen blandas; mas ellas entran hasta lo secreto del vientre.
23 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
23 [Como] escoria de plata echada sobre el tiesto, son los labios enardecidos y el corazón malo.
24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
24 Otro parece en los labios el que aborrece; mas en su interior pone engaño.
25 When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
25 Cuando hablare amigablemente, no le creas; porque siete abominaciones hay en su corazón.
26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
26 Encúbrese el odio con disimulo; mas su malicia será descubierta en la congregación.
27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
27 El que cavare sima, caerá en ella: y el que revuelva la piedra, á él volverá.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
28 La falsa lengua atormenta al que aborrece: y la boca lisonjera hace resbaladero.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 28:16; Esther 3:1–15; 1 Samuel 12:17–18; Psalm 12:8
- 2 Numbers 23:8; Nehemiah 13:2; Psalm 109:28; Deuteronomy 23:4–5; 2 Samuel 16:12
- 3 Proverbs 10:13; 1 Corinthians 4:21; Psalm 32:9; Judges 8:5–7; 2 Corinthians 13:2
- 4 1 Peter 3:9; Proverbs 26:5; Jude 9; Proverbs 17:14; 1 Kings 12:14
- 5 Romans 12:16; Matthew 16:1–4; Proverbs 3:7; Matthew 21:23–27; John 9:26–33
- 6 Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 25:13; Numbers 13:31
- 7 Proverbs 26:9; Proverbs 17:7; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 50:16–21; Matthew 7:4–5
- 8 Proverbs 30:22; Proverbs 26:1; Proverbs 19:10
- 9 Proverbs 23:35
- 10 Romans 2:6; Proverbs 11:31
- 11 2 Peter 2:22; Matthew 12:45; Exodus 8:15
- 12 Proverbs 29:20; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; Proverbs 26:5; Proverbs 28:11; Romans 12:16
- 13 Proverbs 22:13; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 6:9–10; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 24:33
- 15 Proverbs 19:24
- 16 Proverbs 26:12; 1 Peter 3:15; Proverbs 12:15
- 17 Proverbs 20:3; 2 Timothy 2:23–24; Proverbs 18:6; Luke 12:14; Proverbs 17:11
- 18 Proverbs 25:18; Isaiah 50:11; Proverbs 7:23; Genesis 49:23
- 19 Ephesians 5:4; Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs 15:21; 2 Peter 2:13
- 20 Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 22:10; James 3:6; Proverbs 26:22
- 21 Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 29:22; 2 Samuel 20:1; Psalm 120:4; Proverbs 10:12
- 22 Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 20:19; Ezekiel 22:9
- 23 Luke 22:47–48; Luke 11:39; Proverbs 10:18; Matthew 23:27; Ezekiel 33:31
- 24 Proverbs 12:20; Psalm 41:6; Proverbs 10:18; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 12:5
- 25 Proverbs 6:16–19; Psalm 28:3; Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 9:2–8; Psalm 12:2
- 26 Psalm 55:21–23; 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 3:27–30; 1 Samuel 18:21; Genesis 4:8
- 27 Proverbs 28:10; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 7:15–16; Psalm 10:2; Ecclesiastes 10:8
- 28 John 8:44–49; Luke 20:20–21; Proverbs 29:5; Proverbs 6:24; John 10:32–33
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