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Proverbs 1 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)

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1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

1 LOS proverbios de Salomón, hijo de David, rey de Israel:

1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

2 Para entender sabiduría y doctrina; para conocer las razones prudentes;

2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

3 Para recibir el consejo de prudencia, justicia, y juicio y equidad;

3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—

4 Para dar sagacidad á los simples, y á los jóvenes inteligencia y cordura.

4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—

5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;

5 Oirá el sabio, y aumentará el saber; y el entendido adquirirá consejo;

5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;

6 to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

6 Para entender parábola y declaración; palabras de sabios, y sus dichos oscuros.

6 to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

7 El principio de la sabiduría es el temor de Jehová: los insensatos desprecian la sabiduría y la enseñanza.

7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;

8 Oye, hijo mío, la doctrina de tu padre, y no desprecies la dirección de tu madre:

8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;

9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

9 Porque adorno de gracia serán á tu cabeza, y collares á tu cuello.

9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

10 Hijo mío, si los pecadores te quisieren engañar, no consientas.

10 My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

11 If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

11 Si dijeren: Ven con nosotros, pongamos asechanzas á la sangre, acechemos sin motivo al inocente;

11 If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

12 Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

12 Los tragaremos vivos como el sepulcro, y enteros, como los que caen en sima;

12 Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

13 We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.

13 Hallaremos riquezas de todas suertes, henchiremos nuestras casas de despojos;

13 We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.

14 You shall cast your lot amongst us. We’ll all have one purse”—

14 Echa tu suerte entre nosotros; tengamos todos una bolsa:

14 You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—

15 my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,

15 Hijo mío, no andes en camino con ellos; aparta tu pie de sus veredas:

15 my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,

16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

16 Porque sus pies correrán al mal, é irán presurosos á derramar sangre.

16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

17 For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;

17 Porque en vano se tenderá la red ante los ojos de toda ave;

17 For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;

18 but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

18 Mas ellos á su propia sangre ponen asechanzas, y á sus almas tienden lazo.

18 but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

19 Tales son las sendas de todo el que es dado á la codicia, [la cual] prenderá el alma de sus poseedores.

19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

20 La sabiduría clama de fuera, da su voz en las plazas:

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

21 Clama en los principales lugares de concurso; en las entradas de las puertas de la ciudad dice sus razones:

21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

22 ¿Hasta cuándo, oh simples, amaréis la simpleza, y los burladores desearán el burlar, y los insensatos aborrecerán la ciencia?

22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

23 Volveos á mi reprensión: he aquí yo os derramaré mi espíritu, y os haré saber mis palabras.

23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

24 Por cuanto llamé, y no quisisteis; extendí mi mano, y no hubo quien escuchase;

24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

25 Antes desechasteis todo consejo mío, y mi reprensión no quisisteis:

25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,

26 También yo me reiré en vuestra calamidad, y me burlaré cuando [os] viniere lo que teméis;

26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.

27 Cuando viniere como una destrucción lo que teméis, y vuestra calamidad llegare como un torbellino; cuando sobre vosotros viniere tribulación y angustia.

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.

28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,

28 Entonces me llamarán, y no responderé; buscarme han de mañana, y no me hallarán:

28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,

29 because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.

29 Por cuanto aborrecieron la sabiduría, y no escogieron el temor de Jehová,

29 because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

30 Ni quisieron mi consejo, y menospreciaron toda reprensión mía:

30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

31 Comerán pues del fruto de su camino, y se hartarán de sus consejos.

31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

32 Porque el reposo de los ignorantes los matará, y la prosperidad de los necios los echará á perder.

32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

33 Mas el que me oyere, habitará confiadamente, y vivirá reposado, sin temor de mal.

33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

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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).

Quotes verse 1:23–31 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters LIII–LVIII)
For it is better for you that ye should occupy a humble but honourable place in the flock of Christ, than that, being highly exalted, ye should be cast out from the hope of His people. For thus speaketh all-virtuous Wisdom: "Behold, I will bring forth to you the words of My Spirit, and I will teach you My speech.
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 1:7 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XXII)
Now, "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;" the sense of sin leads to repentance, and God bestows His compassion upon those who are penitent.
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 1:11–13 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapter 19)
… what we read in the Proverbs of impious men saying, "Let us unrighteously hide in the earth the righteous man; yea, let us swallow him up alive as hell, and let us take away his memory from the earth: let us seize his precious possession," is not so obscure that it may not be understood, without laborious exposition, of Christ …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Quotes verse 1:20 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XIX)
… and therefore the "wisdom" of God, by means of which she saves all men, "is declared in [its] going forth; it uttereth [its voice] faithfully in the streets, is preached on the tops of the walls, and speaks continually in the gates of the city." For the Church preaches the truth everywhere, and she is the seven-branched candlestick which bears …
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 1:26 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XLIII)
… by ought of their own; but that wisdom was in them, of which it is written in a certain book, she shall say to those that despised her, when they have fallen upon the evils which she threatened them; "I will laugh over your destruction." What wonder then is it, that the wise mock the foolish virgins?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

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