(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
    fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord,
    but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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22 “How long, O (A)simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will (B)scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools (C)hate knowledge?

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22 “How long will you clueless people love your naïveté,
    mockers hold their mocking dear,
    and fools hate knowledge?

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32 For the simple are killed by (A)their turning away,
    and (B)the complacency of fools destroys them;

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32 The immature will die because they turn away;
    smugness will destroy fools.

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O (A)simple ones, learn (B)prudence;
    O (C)fools, learn sense.

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Understand skill, you who are naive.
    Take this to heart, you fools.

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The Way of Folly

13 (A)The woman Folly is (B)loud;
    she is seductive[a] and (C)knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house;
    she takes a seat on (D)the highest places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by,
    who are (E)going straight on their way,
16 (F)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 (G)“Stolen water is sweet,
    and (H)bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know (I)that the dead[b] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 9:13 Or full of simpleness
  2. Proverbs 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim

“Woman Folly’s” invitation

13 Woman Folly is noisy;
    she’s stupid and doesn’t even know it.
14 She sits at the doorway of her house,
    on a seat at the city heights.
15 She invites those who pass by on the path,
    those going straight on their way.
16 “Whoever is naive, come in here,”
    she says to those who lack sense.
17 “Stolen water is sweet;
    food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But they don’t know that the dead are there;
    her guests are in the depths of the grave.[a]

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 9:18 Heb Sheol

(A)The wise of heart will receive commandments,
    but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

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The skilled mind accepts commands,
    but a foolish talker is ruined.

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18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
    and whoever utters slander is a fool.

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18 Lying lips conceal hate,
    and those who spread slander are fools.

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23 Doing wrong is (A)like a joke to a fool,
    but (B)wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.

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23 Fools enjoy vile deeds,
    but those with understanding take pleasure in wisdom.

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29 Whoever (A)troubles his own household will (B)inherit the wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

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29 Those who trouble their family will inherit the wind.
    The fool will be servant to the wise.

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15 (A)The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but a wise man listens to advice.
16 (B)The vexation of a fool is known at once,
    but the prudent ignores an insult.

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15 Fools see their own way as right,
    but the wise listen to advice.
16 Fools reveal their anger right away,
    but the shrewd hide their contempt.

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23 (A)A prudent man conceals knowledge,
    (B)but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

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23 The shrewd conceal their knowledge,
    but the heart of fools proclaims their stupidity.

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16 (A)Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
    (B)but a fool flaunts his folly.

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16 The prudent all act intelligently,
    but fools display their stupidity.

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