Proverbs 1:7
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7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.(A)
Proverbs 1:7
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7 Wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(A)
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long will you clueless people love your naïveté,
mockers hold their mocking dear,
and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:32
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32 For waywardness kills the simple,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;(A)
Proverbs 1:32
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32 The immature will die because they turn away;
smugness will destroy fools.
Proverbs 8:5
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5 O simple ones, learn prudence;
acquire intelligence, you who lack it.(A)
Proverbs 8:5
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5 Understand skill, you who are naive.
Take this to heart, you fools.
Proverbs 9:13-18
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Folly’s Invitation and Promise
13 The foolish woman is loud;
she is ignorant and knows nothing.(A)
14 She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the high places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,
16 “You who are simple, turn in here!”
And to those without sense she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”(B)
18 But they do not know that the dead[a] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.(C)
Notas al pie
- 9.18 Heb shades
Proverbs 9:13-18
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“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]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 9:18 Heb Sheol
Proverbs 10:8
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8 The wise of heart will heed commandments,
but one with foolish lips will come to ruin.(A)
Proverbs 10:8
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8 The skilled mind accepts commands,
but a foolish talker is ruined.
Proverbs 10:18
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18 Lying lips conceal hatred,
and whoever utters slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:18
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18 Lying lips conceal hate,
and those who spread slander are fools.
Proverbs 10:23
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23 Doing wrong is like sport to a fool,
but wise conduct is pleasure to a person of understanding.(A)
Proverbs 10:23
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23 Fools enjoy vile deeds,
but those with understanding take pleasure in wisdom.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who trouble their family will inherit the wind.
The fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 12:15-16
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15 Fools think their own way is right,
but the wise listen to advice.(A)
16 Fools show their anger at once,
but the prudent ignore an insult.(B)
Proverbs 12:15-16
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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.
Proverbs 12:23
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Notas al pie
- 12.23 Heb the heart of fools
Proverbs 12:23
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23 The shrewd conceal their knowledge,
but the heart of fools proclaims their stupidity.
Proverbs 13:16
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16 The clever do all things intelligently,
but the fool displays folly.(A)
Proverbs 13:16
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16 The prudent all act intelligently,
but fools display their stupidity.
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