Proverbs 3-5

New International Version

Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

3 My son,^(A) do not forget my teaching,^(B)
but keep my commands in your heart,
²for they will prolong your life many years^(C)
and bring you peace and prosperity.^(D)

³Let love and faithfulness^(E) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.^(F)
⁴Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.^(G)

⁵Trust in the Lord^(H) with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths^(I) straight.^[a]^(J)

⁷Do not be wise in your own eyes;^(K)
fear the Lord^(L) and shun evil.^(M)
⁸This will bring health to your body^(N)
and nourishment to your bones.^(O)

⁹Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits^(P) of all your crops;
¹⁰then your barns will be filled^(Q) to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.^(R)

¹¹My son,^(S) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,^(T)
and do not resent his rebuke,
¹²because the Lord disciplines those he loves,^(U)
as a father the son he delights in.^[b]^(V)

¹³Blessed are those who find wisdom,
    those who gain understanding,
¹⁴for she is more profitable than silver
    and yields better returns than gold.^(W)
¹⁵She is more precious than rubies;^(X)
    nothing you desire can compare with her.^(Y)
¹⁶Long life is in her right hand;^(Z)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.^(AA)
¹⁷Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.^(AB)
¹⁸She is a tree of life^(AC) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.^(AD)

¹⁹By wisdom^(AE) the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,^(AF)
by understanding he set the heavens^(AG) in place;
²⁰by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
and the clouds let drop the dew.

²¹My son,^(AH) do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,^(AI)
    preserve sound judgment and discretion;
²²they will be life for you,^(AJ)
    an ornament to grace your neck.^(AK)
²³Then you will go on your way in safety,^(AL)
    and your foot will not stumble.^(AM)
²⁴When you lie down,^(AN) you will not be afraid;^(AO)
    when you lie down, your sleep^(AP) will be sweet.
²⁵Have no fear of sudden disaster
    or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
²⁶for the Lord will be at your side^(AQ)
    and will keep your foot^(AR) from being snared.^(AS)

²⁷Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
²⁸Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.^(AT)
²⁹Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.^(AU)
³⁰Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

³¹Do not envy^(AV) the violent
or choose any of their ways.

³²For the Lord detests the perverse^(AW)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.^(AX)
³³The Lord’s curse^(AY) is on the house of the wicked,^(AZ)
    but he blesses the home of the righteous.^(BA)
³⁴He mocks^(BB) proud mockers^(BC)
    but shows favor to the humble^(BD) and oppressed.
³⁵The wise inherit honor,
    but fools get only shame.

Get Wisdom at Any Cost

4 Listen, my sons,^(BE) to a father’s instruction;^(BF)
    pay attention and gain understanding.^(BG)
²I give you sound learning,
    so do not forsake my teaching.
³For I too was a son to my father,
    still tender, and cherished by my mother.
⁴Then he taught me, and he said to me,
    “Take hold^(BH) of my words with all your heart;
    keep my commands, and you will live.^(BI)
⁵Get wisdom,^(BJ) get understanding;
    do not forget my words or turn away from them.
⁶Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;^(BK)
    love her, and she will watch over you.^(BL)
⁷The beginning of wisdom is this: Get^[c] wisdom.
    Though it cost all^(BM) you have,^[d] get understanding.^(BN)
⁸Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
    embrace her, and she will honor you.^(BO)
⁹She will give you a garland to grace your head
    and present you with a glorious crown.^(BP)”

¹⁰Listen, my son,^(BQ) accept what I say,
    and the years of your life will be many.^(BR)
¹¹I instruct^(BS) you in the way of wisdom
    and lead you along straight paths.^(BT)
¹²When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
    when you run, you will not stumble.^(BU)
¹³Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
    guard it well, for it is your life.^(BV)
¹⁴Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.^(BW)
¹⁵Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.
¹⁶For they cannot rest until they do evil;^(BX)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
¹⁷They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.^(BY)

¹⁸The path of the righteous^(BZ) is like the morning sun,^(CA)
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.^(CB)
¹⁹But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;^(CC)
they do not know what makes them stumble.^(CD)

²⁰My son,^(CE) pay attention to what I say;
    turn your ear to my words.^(CF)
²¹Do not let them out of your sight,^(CG)
    keep them within your heart;
²²for they are life to those who find them
    and health to one’s whole body.^(CH)
²³Above all else, guard^(CI) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.^(CJ)
²⁴Keep your mouth free of perversity;
    keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
²⁵Let your eyes^(CK) look straight ahead;
    fix your gaze directly before you.
²⁶Give careful thought to the^[e] paths for your feet^(CL)
    and be steadfast in all your ways.
²⁷Do not turn to the right or the left;^(CM)
    keep your foot from evil.

Warning Against Adultery

5 My son,^(CN) pay attention to my wisdom,
    turn your ear to my words^(CO) of insight,
²that you may maintain discretion
    and your lips may preserve knowledge.
³For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;^(CP)
⁴but in the end she is bitter as gall,^(CQ)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.
⁵Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.^(CR)
⁶She gives no thought to the way of life;
    her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.^(CS)

⁷Now then, my sons, listen^(CT) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.
⁸Keep to a path far from her,^(CU)
    do not go near the door of her house,
⁹lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity^[f] to one who is cruel,
¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.^(CV)
¹¹At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
¹²You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!^(CW)
¹³I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
¹⁴And I was soon in serious trouble^(CX)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”^(CY)

¹⁵Drink water from your own cistern,
    running water from your own well.
¹⁶Should your springs overflow in the streets,
    your streams of water in the public squares?
¹⁷Let them be yours alone,
    never to be shared with strangers.
¹⁸May your fountain^(CZ) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.^(DA)
¹⁹A loving doe, a graceful deer^(DB)—
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
²⁰Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

²¹For your ways are in full view^(DC) of the Lord,
    and he examines^(DD) all your paths.^(DE)
²²The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;^(DF)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.^(DG)
²³For lack of discipline they will die,^(DH)
    led astray by their own great folly.^(DI)

Notas al pie

Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths
Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child
Proverbs 4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get
Proverbs 4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get
Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 5:9 Or years

1 Corinthians 15:1-28

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The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel^(A) I preached to you,^(B) which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ²By this gospel you are saved,^(C) if you hold firmly^(D) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³For what I received^(E) I passed on to you^(F) as of first importance^[a]: that Christ died for our sins^(G) according to the Scriptures,^(H) ⁴that he was buried,^(I) that he was raised^(J) on the third day^(K) according to the Scriptures,^(L) ⁵and that he appeared to Cephas,^[b]^(M) and then to the Twelve.^(N) ⁶After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.^(O) ⁷Then he appeared to James,^(P) then to all the apostles,^(Q) ⁸and last of all he appeared to me also,^(R) as to one abnormally born.

⁹For I am the least of the apostles^(S) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted^(T) the church of God.^(U) ¹⁰But by the grace^(V) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me^(W) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them^(X)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.^(Y) ¹¹Whether, then, it is I or they,^(Z) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

¹²But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,^(AA) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection^(AB) of the dead?^(AC) ¹³If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁴And if Christ has not been raised,^(AD) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. ¹⁵More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.^(AE) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. ¹⁶For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. ¹⁷And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.^(AF) ¹⁸Then those also who have fallen asleep^(AG) in Christ are lost. ¹⁹If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.^(AH)

²⁰But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,^(AI) the firstfruits^(AJ) of those who have fallen asleep.^(AK) ²¹For since death came through a man,^(AL) the resurrection of the dead^(AM) comes also through a man. ²²For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.^(AN) ²³But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;^(AO) then, when he comes,^(AP) those who belong to him.^(AQ) ²⁴Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom^(AR) to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.^(AS) ²⁵For he must reign^(AT) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.^(AU) ²⁶The last enemy to be destroyed is death.^(AV) ²⁷For he “has put everything under his feet.”^[c]^(AW) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.^(AX) ²⁸When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,^(AY) so that God may be all in all.^(AZ)