Proverbs 8 "Wisdom's Call"

Proverbs 8 "Wisdom's Call"

¹ Does not wisdom call out?

Does not understanding raise her voice?

² On the heights along the way,

where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

³ beside the gates leading into the city,

at the entrances, she cries aloud:

⁴ "To you, O men, I call out;

I raise my voice to all mankind.

⁵ You who are simple, gain prudence;

you who are foolish, gain understanding.

⁶ Listen, for I have worthy things to say;

I open my lips to speak what is right.

⁷ My mouth speaks what is true,

for my lips detest wickedness.

⁸ All the words of my mouth are just;

none of them is crooked or perverse.

⁹ To the discerning all of them are right;

they are faultless to those who have knowledge.

¹⁰ Choose my instruction instead of silver,

knowledge rather than choice gold,

¹¹ for wisdom is more precious than rubies,

and nothing you desire can compare with her.

¹² "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;

I possess knowledge and discretion.

¹³ To fear the LORD is to hate evil;

I hate pride and arrogance,

evil behavior and perverse speech.

¹⁴ Counsel and sound judgment are mine;

I have understanding and power.

¹⁵ By me kings reign

and rulers make laws that are just;

¹⁶ by me princes govern,

and all nobles who rule on earth.

¹⁷ I love those who love me,

and those who seek me find me.

¹⁸ With me are riches and honor,

enduring wealth and prosperity.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than fine gold;

what I yield surpasses choice silver.

²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness,

along the paths of justice,

²¹ bestowing wealth on those who love me

and making their treasuries full.

²² "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,

before his deeds of old;

²³ I was appointed from eternity,

from the beginning, before the world began.

²⁴ When there were no oceans, I was given birth,

when there were no springs abounding with water;

²⁵ before the mountains were settled in place,

before the hills, I was given birth,

²⁶ before he made the earth or its fields

or any of the dust of the world.

²⁷ I was there when he set the heavens in place,

when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

²⁸ when he established the clouds above

and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

²⁹ when he gave the sea its boundary

so the waters would not overstep his command,

and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

³⁰ Then I was the craftsman at his side.

I was filled with delight day after day,

rejoicing always in his presence,

³¹ rejoicing in his whole world

and delighting in mankind.

³² "Now then, my sons, listen to me;

blessed are those who keep my ways.

³³ Listen to my instruction and be wise;

do not ignore it.

³⁴ Blessed is the man who listens to me,

watching daily at my doors,

waiting at my doorway.

³⁵ For whoever finds me finds life

and receives favor from the LORD.

³⁶ But whoever fails to find me harms himself;

all who hate me love death."

Proverbs 7 "Warning Against the Adulteress"

Proverbs 7

"Warning Against the Adulteress"

¹ My son, keep my words
and store up my commands within you.

² Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"
and call understanding your kinsman;

⁵ they will keep you from the adulteress,
from the wayward wife with her seductive words.

⁶ At the window of my house
I looked out through the lattice.

⁷ I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who lacked judgment.

⁸ He was going down the street near her corner,
walking along in the direction of her house

⁹ at twilight, as the day was fading,
as the dark of night set in.

¹⁰ Then out came a woman to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

¹¹ (She is loud and defiant,
her feet never stay at home;

¹² now in the street, now in the squares,
at every corner she lurks.)

¹³ She took hold of him and kissed him
and with a brazen face she said:

¹⁴ "I have fellowship offerings at home;
today I fulfilled my vows.

¹⁵ So I came out to meet you;
I looked for you and have found you!

¹⁶ I have covered my bed
with colored linens from Egypt.

¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

¹⁸ Come, let's drink deep of love till morning;
let's enjoy ourselves with love!

¹⁹ My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.

²⁰ He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon."

²¹ With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.

²² All at once he followed her
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer stepping into a noose

²³ till an arrow pierces his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.

²⁴ Now then, my sons, listen to me;
pay attention to what I say.

²⁵ Do not let your heart turn to her ways
or stray into her paths.

²⁶ Many are the victims she has brought down;
her slain are a mighty throng.

²⁷ Her house is a highway to the grave,
leading down to the chambers of death.

Proverbios 7 "Advertencia contra la mujer adúltera"

Proverbios 7 (Nueva Versión Internacional)

Proverbios 7

Advertencia contra la mujer adúltera

¹ Hijo mío, pon en práctica mis palabras

y atesora mis mandamientos.

² Cumple con mis mandatos, y vivirás;

cuida mis enseñanzas como a la niña de tus ojos.

³ Llévalos atados en los dedos;

anótalos en la tablilla de tu corazón.

⁴ Di a la sabiduría: «Tú eres mi hermana»,

y a la inteligencia: «Eres de mi sangre.»

⁵ Ellas te librarán de la mujer ajena,

de la adúltera y de sus palabras seductoras.

⁶ Desde la ventana de mi casa

miré a través de la celosía.

7 Me puse a ver a los inexpertos,

y entre los jóvenes observé

a uno de ellos falto de juicio.

⁸ Cruzó la calle, llegó a la esquina,

y se encaminó hacia la casa de esa mujer.

⁹ Caía la tarde. Llegaba el día a su fin.

Avanzaban las sombras de la noche.

¹⁰ De pronto la mujer salió a su encuentro,

con toda la apariencia de una prostituta

y con solapadas intenciones.

¹¹ (Como es escandalosa y descarada,

nunca hallan sus pies reposo en su casa.

¹² Unas veces por las calles, otras veces por las plazas,

siempre está al acecho en cada esquina.)

¹³ Se prendió de su cuello, lo besó,

y con todo descaro le dijo:

¹⁴ «Tengo en mi casa sacrificios de *comunión,

pues hoy he cumplido mis votos.

¹⁵ Por eso he venido a tu encuentro;

te buscaba, ¡y ya te he encontrado!

¹⁶ Sobre la cama he tendido

multicolores linos egipcios.

¹⁷ He perfumado mi lecho

con aroma de mirra, áloe y canela.

¹⁸ Ven, bebamos hasta el fondo la copa del amor;

¡disfrutemos del amor hasta el amanecer!

¹⁹ Mi esposo no está en casa,

pues ha emprendido un largo viaje.

²⁰ Se ha llevado consigo la bolsa del dinero,

y no regresará hasta el día de luna llena.»

²¹ Con palabras persuasivas lo convenció;

con lisonjas de sus labios lo sedujo.

²² Y él en seguida fue tras ella,

como el buey que va camino al matadero;

como el ciervo que cae en la trampa,

²³ hasta que una flecha le abre las entrañas;

como el ave que se lanza contra la red,

sin saber que en ello le va la vida.

²⁴ Así que, hijo mío, escúchame;

presta atención a mis palabras.

²⁵ No desvíes tu corazón hacia sus sendas,

ni te extravíes por sus caminos,

²⁶ pues muchos han muerto por su causa;

sus víctimas han sido innumerables.

²⁷ Su casa lleva derecho al *sepulcro;

¡conduce al reino de la muerte!

Proverbios 6 "Amonestación contra la pereza y la falsedad"

Proverbios 6 (Reina-Valera 1960)

Proverbios 6

Amonestación contra la pereza y la falsedad

¹ Hijo mío, si salieres fiador por tu amigo,
Si has empeñado tu palabra a un extraño,

² Te has enlazado con las palabras de tu boca,
Y has quedado preso en los dichos de tus labios.

³ Haz esto ahora, hijo mío, y líbrate,
Ya que has caído en la mano de tu prójimo;
Ve, humíllate, y asegúrate de tu amigo.

⁴ No des sueño a tus ojos,
Ni a tus párpados adormecimiento;

⁵ Escápate como gacela de la mano del cazador,
Y como ave de la mano del que arma lazos.

⁶ Ve a la hormiga, oh perezoso,
Mira sus caminos, y sé sabio;

⁷ La cual no teniendo capitán,
Ni gobernador, ni señor,

⁸ Prepara en el verano su comida,
Y recoge en el tiempo de la siega su mantenimiento.

⁹ Perezoso, ¿hasta cuándo has de dormir?
¿Cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño?

¹⁰ Un poco de sueño, un poco de dormitar,
Y cruzar por un poco las manos para reposo;

¹¹ Así vendrá tu necesidad como caminante,
Y tu pobreza como hombre armado.

¹² El hombre malo, el hombre depravado,
Es el que anda en perversidad de boca;

¹³ Que guiña los ojos, que habla con los pies,
Que hace señas con los dedos.

¹⁴ Perversidades hay en su corazón; anda pensando el mal en todo tiempo;
Siembra las discordias.

¹⁵ Por tanto, su calamidad vendrá de repente;
Súbitamente será quebrantado, y no habrá remedio.

¹⁶ Seis cosas aborrece Jehová,
Y aun siete abomina su alma:

¹⁷ Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa,
Las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente,

¹⁸ El corazón que maquina pensamientos inicuos,
Los pies presurosos para correr al mal,

¹⁹ El testigo falso que habla mentiras,
Y el que siembra discordia entre hermanos.

Amonestación contra el adulterio

²⁰ Guarda, hijo mío, el mandamiento de tu padre,
Y no dejes la enseñanza de tu madre;

²¹ Atalos siempre en tu corazón,
Enlázalos a tu cuello.

²² Te guiarán cuando andes; cuando duermas te guardarán;
Hablarán contigo cuando despiertes.

²³ Porque el mandamiento es lámpara, y la enseñanza es luz,
Y camino de vida las reprensiones que te instruyen,

²⁴ Para que te guarden de la mala mujer,
De la blandura de la lengua de la mujer extraña.

²⁵ No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón,
Ni ella te prenda con sus ojos;

²⁶ Porque a causa de la mujer ramera el hombre es reducido a un bocado de pan;
Y la mujer caza la preciosa alma del varón.

²⁷ ¿Tomará el hombre fuego en su seno
Sin que sus vestidos ardan?

²⁸ ¿Andará el hombre sobre brasas
Sin que sus pies se quemen?

²⁹ Así es el que se llega a la mujer de su prójimo;
No quedará impune ninguno que la tocare.

³⁰ No tienen en poco al ladrón si hurta
Para saciar su apetito cuando tiene hambre;

³¹ Pero si es sorprendido, pagará siete veces;
Entregará todo el haber de su casa.

³² Mas el que comete adulterio es falto de entendimiento;
Corrompe su alma el que tal hace.

³³ Heridas y verg:uenza hallará,
Y su afrenta nunca será borrada.

³⁴ Porque los celos son el furor del hombre,
Y no perdonará en el día de la venganza.

³⁵ No aceptará ningún rescate,
Ni querrá perdonar, aunque multipliques los dones.

Proverbs 6 "Warnings Against Folly"

Proverbs 6 (New International Version)

Proverbs 6

Warnings Against Folly

¹ My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have struck hands in pledge for another,

² if you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth,

³ then do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:
Go and humble yourself;
press your plea with your neighbor!

⁴ Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.

⁵ Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!

⁷ It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,

⁸ yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

⁹ How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?

¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest-

¹¹ and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man.

¹² A scoundrel and villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

¹³ who winks with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,

¹⁴ who plots evil with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up dissension.

¹⁵ Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:

¹⁷ haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,

¹⁹ a false witness who pours out lies
and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

Warning Against Adultery

²⁰ My son, keep your father's commands
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

²¹ Bind them upon your heart forever;
fasten them around your neck.

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 these commands are a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline
are the way to life,

²⁴ keeping you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.

²⁵ Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes,

²⁶ for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

²⁷ Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?

²⁸ Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?

²⁹ So is he who sleeps with another man's wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.

³⁰ Men do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

³¹ Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

³² But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever does so destroys himself.

³³ Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away;

³⁴ for jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

³⁵ He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.

Proverbs # 5 "Warning Against Adultery"

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Proverbs 5 (King James Version)

¹ My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

² That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

⁴ But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁵ Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

⁶ Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

⁷ Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

⁹ Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

¹¹ And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

¹² And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

¹³ And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

¹⁴ I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

¹⁵ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

¹⁶ Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

¹⁷ Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

¹⁸ Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

¹⁹ Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

²⁰ And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

²² His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

²³ He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.