Proverbios 23
Reina-Valera 1995
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23 Cuando te sientes a comer con algún señor,
considera bien lo que está delante de ti.
2 Pon un cuchillo a tu garganta,
si tienes mucho apetito.
3 No codicies sus manjares delicados,
porque es pan engañoso.
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4 No te afanes por hacerte rico:
sé prudente y desiste.
5 ¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, que son nada?
De cierto se hacen alas como de águila,
y vuelan al cielo.
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6 No comas pan con el avaro
ni codicies sus manjares,
7 porque cuales son sus pensamientos íntimos, tal es él.
«Come y bebe», te dirá,
pero su corazón no está contigo.
8 Vomitarás el bocado que comiste
y habrás malgastado tus suaves palabras.
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9 No hables a oídos del necio,
porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones.
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10 No remuevas el lindero antiguo
ni entres en la heredad de los huérfanos,
11 porque su defensor es el Fuerte:
él abogará por la causa de ellos contra ti.
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12 Aplica tu corazón a la enseñanza
y tus oídos a las razones sabias.
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13 No rehúses corregir al muchacho,
porque si lo castigas con vara, no morirá.
14 Castígalo con la vara
y librarás su alma del seol.
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15 Hijo mío, si tu corazón es sabio,
también a mí se me alegrará el corazón,
16 y mis entrañas también se alegrarán
cuando tus labios hablen con rectitud.
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17 No tenga tu corazón envidia de los pecadores,
antes persevera en el temor de Jehová en todo tiempo.
18 Porque ciertamente hay un porvenir
y tu esperanza no será frustrada.
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19 Escucha, hijo mío, y sé sabio:
endereza tu corazón al buen camino.
20 No te juntes con los bebedores de vino
ni con los comilones de carne,
21 porque el bebedor y el comilón se empobrecerán,
y el mucho dormir los hará vestir de harapos.
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22 Escucha a tu padre, que te engendró;
y cuando tu madre envejezca, no la menosprecies.
23 Compra la verdad y no la vendas;
y la sabiduría, la enseñanza y la inteligencia.
24 Mucho se alegrará el padre del justo,
y el que engendra a un sabio se gozará con él.
25 ¡Alégrense tu padre y tu madre!
¡Gócese la que te dio a luz!
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26 Dame, hijo mío, tu corazón
y miren tus ojos mis caminos.
27 Porque abismo profundo es la ramera,
pozo profundo la extraña.
28 También ella, como un ladrón, acecha,
y multiplica entre los hombres los prevaricadores.
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29 ¿Para quién serán los ayes? ¿Para quién el dolor? ¿Para quién las rencillas?
¿Para quién las quejas? ¿Para quién las heridas sin razón?
¿Para quién los ojos enrojecidos?
30 Para los que no dejan el vino,
para los que van probando mixturas.
31 ¡No mires el vino cuando rojea,
cuando resplandece su color en la copa!
Se entra suavemente,
32 pero al fin muerde como una serpiente,
causa dolor como un áspid.
33 Tus ojos verán cosas extrañas
y tu corazón dirá cosas perversas.
34 Será como si yacieras en medio del mar
o como si yacieras en la punta de un mástil.
35 Y dirás: «Me hirieron, mas no me dolió;
me azotaron, pero no lo sentí;
cuando despierte, volveré en busca de más.»
Proverbs 23
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider who and what are before you;
2 For you will put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to desire.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties, for it is deceitful food [offered with questionable motives].
4 Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom.(A)
5 Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
6 Eat not the bread of him who has a hard, grudging, and envious eye, neither desire his dainty foods;
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost].
8 The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and your complimentary words will be wasted.
9 Speak not in the ears of a [self-confident] fool, for he will despise the [godly] Wisdom of your words.(B)
10 Remove not the ancient landmark and enter not into the fields of the fatherless,(C)
11 For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.
12 Apply your mind to instruction and correction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not discipline from the child; for if you strike and punish him with the [reedlike] rod, he will not die.
14 You shall whip him with the rod and deliver his life from Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad, even mine;
16 Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak right things.
17 Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord all the day long.
18 For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way [of the Lord].
20 Do not associate with winebibbers; be not among them nor among gluttonous eaters of meat,(D)
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding.
24 The father of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall greatly rejoice, and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice.
26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes observe and delight in my ways,
27 For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a loose woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lies in wait as a robber or as one waits for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men.
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness and dimness of eyes?
30 Those who tarry long at the wine, those who go to seek and try mixed wine.(E)
31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the wineglass, when it goes down smoothly.
32 At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
33 [Under the influence of wine] your eyes will behold strange things [and loose women] and your mind will utter things turned the wrong way [untrue, incorrect, and petulant].
34 Yes, you will be [as unsteady] as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, and [as open to disaster] as he who lies upon the top of a mast.
35 You will say, They struck me, but I was not hurt! They beat me [as with a hammer], but I did not feel it! When shall I awake? I will crave and seek more wine again [and escape reality].
Proverbs 23
King James Version
23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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