Categoría: PROVERBS

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 7  1 My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands. 2 Keep my commands and live, my teaching 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!» call… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 7

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 8 1 1 Does not Wisdom call, and Understanding raise her voice? 2 On the top of the heights along the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand; 3 By the gates at the approaches of the city, in the entryways she cries aloud: 4 «To you, O… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 8

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 10 1 1 The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes his father glad, but a foolish son is a grief to his mother. 2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but virtue saves from death. 3 The LORD permits not the just to hunger, but the craving of the wicked… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 10

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 11 1 False scales are an abomination to the LORD, but a full weight is his delight. 2 When pride comes, disgrace comes; but with the humble is wisdom. 3 The honesty of the upright guides them; the faithless are ruined by their duplicity. 4 1 Wealth is useless… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 11

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 12 1 He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. 2 The good man wins favor from the LORD, but the schemer is condemned by him. 3 No man is built up by wickedness, but the root of the just will never be… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 12

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 13 1 A wise son loves correction, but the senseless one heeds no rebuke. 2 From the fruit of his words a man eats good things, but the treacherous one craves violence. 3 He who guards his mouth protects his life; to open wide one’s lips brings downfall.… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 13

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 14 1 Wisdom builds her house, but Folly tears hers down with her own hands. 2 He who walks uprightly fears the LORD, but he who is devious in his ways spurns him. 3 In the mouth of the fool is a rod for his back, but the… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 14

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 16 1 1 Man may make plans in his heart, but what the tongue utters is from the LORD. 2 All the ways of a man may be pure in his own eyes, but it is the LORD who proves the spirit. 3 Entrust your works to the LORD,… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 16

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 17 1 Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife. 2 1 An intelligent servant will rule over a worthless son, and will share the inheritance with the brothers. 3 The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the tester of… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 17

The Bible – Old Testament Proverbs Chapter 18 1 In estrangement one seeks pretexts: with all persistence he picks a quarrel. 2 The fool takes no delight in understanding, but rather in displaying what he thinks. 3 With wickedness comes contempt, and with disgrace comes scorn. 4 The words from a man’s mouth are deep… Seguir leyendo Proverbs – Chapter 18