Proverbs 3:27-32
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27 Do not withhold good from its owner[a]
when it is in the power of your hand to do.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go and return and tomorrow I will give it,”
when it is with you.[b]
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor
who dwells in confidence beside you.
30 Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
when he did not do you harm.
31 Do not envy a man of violence,
and do not choose any of his ways,
32 for he who is perverse is an abomination of Yahweh,
but those who are upright are his confidence.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 3:27 Or “lord”
- Proverbs 3:28 Literally “and there is with you”
Proverbs 10:2
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2 Treasures of wickedness do not profit,
but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:1
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11 Balances of deceit are an abomination of Yahweh,
but an accurate weight[a] delights him.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 11:1 Literally “a full stone” or “a pure stone”
Proverbs 13:3
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3 He who keeps his mouth guards his life;[a]
he who opens his lips, ruin belongs to him.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 13:3 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 13:11
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11 Wealth gained from haste[a] will dwindle,
but he who gathers little by little[b] will increase it.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 13:11 Or “vanity”
- Proverbs 13:11 Literally “upon the hand”
Proverbs 14:2
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2 He who walks in uprightness fears Yahweh,
but he who is devious in his ways displeases him.
Proverbs 14:5
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5 A faithful witness does not lie,
but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.
Proverbs 15:27
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27 He who makes trouble for his house is he who is greedy for unjust gain,
but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over,[a]
and by fear of Yahweh one turns[b] from evil.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 16:6 Or “atoned for”
- Proverbs 16:6 Literally “turning”
Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is little with righteousness
than great income with no justice.
Proverbs 16:11
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11 A balance and scales of justice belong to Yahweh;
all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully,
and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.
Proverbs 17:8
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8 The bribe is a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner;[a]
everywhere[b] he will turn, he will prosper.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:8 Or “master”
- Proverbs 17:8 Literally “to all which”
Proverbs 17:23
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23 The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap,
in order to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 20:21
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21 An inheritance acquired hastily at the beginning[a]
will not be blessed at its end.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 20:21 Literally “at the first”
Proverbs 21:3
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3 Doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable
to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:6-8
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6 He who makes treasure by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and seeker[a] of death.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
for they refuse to do justice.
8 Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,
but the pure is upright in his conduct.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:6 Hebrew “seekers”
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 For Yahweh will plead their case
and despoil those who despoil them of life.[a]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 22:23 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 24:23-26
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23 These sayings are also for the wise:
Partiality[a] in judgment is not good.
24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are righteous,” the people will curse him;
the nations will abhor him.
25 But they who rebuke will have delight,
and upon them blessings of goodness will come.
26 He will kiss the lips,
he who gives an honest answer.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 24:23 Literally “acknowledge faces”
Proverbs 28:3
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3 A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
is a beating rain that leaves[a] no food.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 28:3 Literally “and there is”
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
Proverbs 28:8
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8 He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury
gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights[a] of all the needy.[b]
9 Open your mouth, judge righteousness,
and defend the poor and needy.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew “right”
- Proverbs 31:8 Literally “the sons of the needy”
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