He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(A) to those whose walk is blameless,(B)
for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.(C)

Then you will understand(D) what is right and just
    and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(E)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.(F)

12 Wisdom will save(G) you from the ways of wicked men,
    from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
    to walk in dark ways,(H)
14 who delight in doing wrong
    and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(I)
15 whose paths are crooked(J)
    and who are devious in their ways.(K)

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(L)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
    and ignored the covenant she made before God.[a](M)
18 Surely her house leads down to death
    and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(N)
19 None who go to her return
    or attain the paths of life.(O)

20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will live in the land,(P)
    and the blameless will remain in it;
22 but the wicked(Q) will be cut off from the land,(R)
    and the unfaithful will be torn from it.(S)

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  1. Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God

He reserves ability for those with integrity.
    He is a shield for those who live a blameless life.
He protects the paths of justice
    and guards the way of those who are loyal to him.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
    as well as integrity, every good course.
10 Wisdom will enter your mind,
    and knowledge will fill you with delight.
11 Discretion will guard you;
    understanding will protect you.
12 Wisdom will rescue you from the evil path,
    from people who twist their words.
13 They forsake the way of integrity
    and go on obscure paths.
14 They enjoy doing evil,
    rejoicing in their twisted evil.
15 Their paths are confused;
    they get lost on their way.
16 Wisdom will rescue you from the mysterious woman,
    from the foreign woman with her slick words.
17 She leaves behind the partner of her youth;
    she even forgets her covenant with God.
18 Her house sinks down to death,
    and her paths go down to the shadowy dead.
19 All those who go to her will never return;
    they will never again reach the ways of the living.
20 So you should stay on the path of good people,
    guarding the road of the righteous.
21 Those who have integrity will dwell in the land;
    the innocent will remain in it.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land,
    and the treacherous will be ripped up.

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Warning Against Adultery

20 My son,(A) keep your father’s command
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(B)
21 Bind them always on your heart;
    fasten them around your neck.(C)
22 When you walk, they will guide you;
    when you sleep, they will watch over you;
    when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(D)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(E)
24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(F)

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Danger of adultery

20 My son, keep your father’s command;
    don’t abandon your mother’s instruction.
21 Bind them on your heart for all time;
    fasten them around your neck.
22 When you walk around, they will lead you;
    when you lie down, they will protect you;
    when you awake, they will occupy your attention.
23 The commandment is a lamp and instruction a light;
    corrective teaching is the path of life.
24 They guard you from the evil woman,
    from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman.

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Warning Against the Adulterous Woman

My son,(A) keep my words
    and store up my commands within you.
Keep my commands and you will live;(B)
    guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(C)
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and to insight, “You are my relative.”
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(D)

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Avoid loose women

My son, keep my words;
    store up my commands within you.
Keep my commands and live,
    and my instruction like the pupil of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister”;
    call understanding “friend,”
    so she might guard you against the mysterious woman,
        from the foreign woman who flatters you.

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19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.(A)

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19 With lots of words comes wrongdoing,
    but the wise restrain their lips.

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A fool’s mouth lashes out with pride,(A)
    but the lips of the wise protect them.(B)

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Pride sprouts in the mouth of a fool,[a]
    but the lips of the wise protect them.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 14:3 Heb uncertain

10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;(A)
    the righteous run to it and are safe.(B)

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10 The Lord’s name is a strong tower;
    the righteous run to it and find refuge.

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23 Those who guard their mouths(A) and their tongues
    keep themselves from calamity.(B)

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23 Those who guard their mouths and their tongues
    guard themselves from trouble.

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In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,(A)
    but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

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Thorns and nets are in the path of the crooked;
    those who guard their lives keep their distance.

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Saying 3

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
    do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
    and get yourself ensnared.(A)

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24 Don’t befriend people controlled by anger;
    don’t associate with hot-tempered people;
25     otherwise, you will learn their ways
    and become trapped.

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