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Proverbs 17
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 17
Christian Standard Bible
17 Better a dry crust with peace
than a house full of feasting with strife.(A)
2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and share an inheritance among brothers.
4 A wicked person listens to malicious talk;[a]
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
5 The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,(D)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.(E)
6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of children is their fathers.
7 Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.
10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(K)
than a fool in his foolishness.
14 To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.(N)
15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just(O)—
both are detestable to the Lord.
16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?(P)
17 A friend loves at all times,(Q)
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
19 One who loves to offend loves strife;(S)
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
20 One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.(T)
21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.(U)
22 A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.(V)
24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes(Y) roam to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(Z)
27 The one who has knowledge restrains his words,(AB)
and one who keeps a cool head[e]
is a person of understanding.
28 Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent—
discerning, when he seals his lips.(AC)
Proverbios 17
Nueva Versión Internacional
Proverbios 17
Nueva Versión Internacional
17 Más vale comer pan duro donde hay concordia
que hacer banquete[a] donde hay discordia.
2 El siervo sabio gobernará al hijo sinvergüenza,
y compartirá la herencia con los otros hermanos.
3 En el crisol se prueba la plata
y en el horno se prueba el oro,
pero los corazones los prueba el Señor.
4 El malvado hace caso a los labios impíos
y el mentiroso presta oído a la lengua maliciosa.
5 El que se burla del pobre ofende a su Creador;
el que se alegra de la calamidad no quedará sin castigo.
6 La corona del anciano son sus nietos;
el orgullo de los hijos son sus padres.
7 No va bien con los necios el lenguaje refinado
ni con los gobernantes, la mentira.
8 El soborno es como una piedra valiosa para quien lo ofrece;
piensa que dondequiera que vaya tendrá éxito.
9 El que perdona la ofensa cultiva el amor;
el que insiste en la ofensa divide a los amigos.
10 Penetra más un regaño en el hombre prudente
que cien latigazos en el obstinado.
11 El revoltoso siempre anda buscando pleitos,
pero se las verá con un mensajero cruel.
12 Más vale toparse con una osa a la que le quitaron los cachorros
que con un necio empecinado en su necedad.
13 El mal nunca se apartará
de la familia de aquel que devuelve mal por bien.
14 Iniciar una pelea es romper una represa;
vale más retirarse que comenzarla.
15 Absolver al culpable y condenar al inocente
son dos cosas que el Señor aborrece.
16 ¿De qué le sirve al necio poseer dinero?
¿Podrá adquirir sabiduría si no tiene entendimiento?[b]
17 En todo tiempo ama el amigo;
para ayudar en la adversidad nació el hermano.
18 El hombre falto de juicio se compromete por otros
y sale fiador de su prójimo.
19 Al que le gusta pecar, le gusta pelear;
el que abre mucho la boca busca que se la rompan.[c]
20 El de corazón perverso jamás prospera;
el de lengua engañosa caerá en desgracia.
21 Engendrar a un hijo necio es causa de pesar;
ser padre de un necio no es ninguna alegría.
22 El corazón alegre es un buen remedio,
pero el ánimo decaído seca los huesos.
23 El malvado acepta soborno en secreto,
con lo que tuerce el curso de la justicia.
24 La meta del prudente es la sabiduría;
el necio divaga contemplando vanos horizontes.[d]
25 El hijo necio irrita a su padre
y causa amargura a su madre.
26 No está bien castigar al inocente
ni azotar por su rectitud a gente honorable.
27 El que es entendido refrena sus palabras;
el que es prudente controla sus impulsos.
28 Hasta un necio pasa por sabio si guarda silencio;
se le considera prudente, si cierra la boca.
Footnotes
- 17:1 banquete. Lit. sacrificios.
- 17:16 entendimiento. Lit. 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.
- 17:19 el que abre … se la rompan. Lit. el que abre su puerta busca destrucción.
- 17:24 el necio … horizontes. Lit. y los ojos del necio en los confines de la tierra.
Proverbs 17
King James Version
Proverbs 17
King James Version
17 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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