Whoever (A)sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and (B)the rod of his fury will fail.
(C)Whoever has a bountiful[a] eye will be blessed,
    for he (D)shares his bread with the poor.
10 (E)Drive out a scoffer, (F)and strife will go out,
    and (G)quarreling and abuse will cease.
11 He who (H)loves purity of heart,
    and whose (I)speech is gracious, (J)will have the king as his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he (K)overthrows the words of the traitor.
13 (L)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
    I shall be killed in the streets!”
14 The mouth of (M)forbidden[b] women is (N)a deep pit;
    (O)he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but (P)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
    or gives to the rich, (Q)will only come to poverty.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good
  2. Proverbs 22:14 Hebrew strange

Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(B)

The generous will themselves be blessed,(C)
    for they share their food with the poor.(D)

10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.(E)

11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.(F)

12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(G)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;(H)
    a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.(I)

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.(J)

16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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