Los malvados se derrumban y dejan de existir,
    pero las familias de los justos permanecen.

Al hombre se le alaba según su sabiduría,
    pero al de malos pensamientos[a] se le desprecia.

Vale más un despreciado con criado
    que un vanaglorioso sin pan.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:8 de malos pensamientos. Lit. de mal corazón. En la Biblia, corazón se usa para designar el asiento de las emociones, pensamientos y voluntad, es decir, el proceso de toma de decisiones del ser humano.

The wicked are overthrown and are no more,(A)
    but the house of the righteous stands firm.(B)

A person is praised according to their prudence,
    and one with a warped(C) mind is despised.

Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
    than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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Once the wicked are defeated,
    they are gone forever,
but no one who obeys God
    will ever be thrown down.
Good sense is worthy of praise,
    but stupidity is a curse.
It's better to be ordinary
    and have only one servant[a]
than to think you are somebody
    and starve to death.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.9 It's … servant: Or “It is better just to have an ordinary job.”