Proverbios 19

1 Más vale ser pobre e intachableque necio y embustero.

2 El afán sin conocimiento no vale nada;mucho yerra quien mucho corre.

3 La necedad del hombre le hace perder el rumbo,y para colmo su corazón se irrita contra el SEÑOR.

4 Con las riquezas aumentan los amigos,pero al pobre hasta su amigo lo abandona.

5 El testigo falso no quedará sin castigo;el que esparce mentiras no saldrá bien librado.

6 Muchos buscan congraciarse con los poderosos;todos son amigos de quienes reparten regalos.

7 Si al pobre lo aborrecen sus parientes,con más razón lo evitan sus amigos.Aunque los busca suplicante,por ninguna parte los encuentra.^[a]

8 El que adquiere cordura^[b] a sí mismo se ama,y el que retiene el discernimiento prospera.

9 El testigo falso no quedará sin castigo;el que difunde mentiras perecerá.

10 No va bien con el necio vivir entre lujos,y menos con el esclavo gobernar a los príncipes.

11 El buen juicio hace al hombre paciente;su gloria es pasar por alto la ofensa.

12 Rugido de león es la ira del rey;su favor es como rocío sobre el pasto.

13 El hijo necio es la ruina del padre;la mujer pendenciera es gotera constante.

14 La casa y el dinero se heredan de los padres,pero la esposa inteligente es un don del SEÑOR.

15 La pereza conduce al sueño profundo;el holgazán pasará hambre.

16 El que cumple el mandamiento cumple consigo mismo;el que descuida su conducta morirá.

17 Servir al pobre es hacerle un préstamo al SEÑOR;Dios pagará esas buenas acciones.

18 Corrige a tu hijo mientras aún hay esperanza;no te hagas cómplice de su muerte.^[c]

19 El iracundo tendrá que afrontar el castigo;el que intente disuadirlo aumentará su enojo.^[d]

20 Escucha el consejo y acepta la corrección,y llegarás a ser sabio.

21 El corazón humano genera muchos proyectos,pero al final prevalecen los designios del SEÑOR.

22 De todo hombre se espera lealtad.^[e]Más vale ser pobre que mentiroso.

23 El temor del SEÑOR conduce a la vida;da un sueño tranquilo y evita los problemas.

24 El perezoso mete la mano en el plato,pero es incapaz de llevarse el bocado a la boca.

25 Golpea al insolente, y se hará prudente el inexperto;reprende al entendido, y ganará en conocimiento.

26 El que roba a su padre y echa a la calle a su madrees un hijo infame y sinvergüenza.

27 Hijo mío, si dejas de atender a la corrección,te apartarás de las palabras del saber.

28 El testigo corrupto se burla de la justicia,y la boca del malvado engulle maldad.

29 El castigo se dispuso para los insolentes,y los azotes para la espalda de los necios.

Proverbios 19 Commentary

Chapter 19

Verse 1 A poor man who fears God, is more honourable and happy, than a man without wisdom and grace, however rich or advanced in rank. Verse 2 . What good can the soul do, if without knowledge? And he sins who will not take time to ponder the path of his feet. Verse 3 . Men run into troubles by their own folly, and then fret at the appointments of God. Verse 4 . Here we may see how strong is men's love of money. Verse 5 . Those that tell lies in discourse, are in a fair way to be guilty of bearing false-witness. Verse 6 . We are without excuse if we do not love God with all our hearts. His gifts to us are past number, and all the gifts of men to us are fruits of his bounty. Verse 7 . Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty. Verse 8 . Those only love their souls aright that get true wisdom. Verse 9 . Lying is a damning, destroying sin. Verse 10 . A man that has not wisdom and grace, has no right or title to true joy. It is very unseemly for one who is a servant to sin, to oppress God's free-men. Verse 11 . He attains the most true glory who endeavours most steadily to overcome evil with good. Verse 12 . Christ is a King, whose wrath against his enemies will be as the roaring of a lion, and his favour to his people as the refreshing dew. Verse 13 . It shows the vanity of the world, that we are liable to the greatest griefs where we promise ourselves the greatest comfort. Verse 14 . A discreet and virtuous wife is more valuable than house and riches. Verse 15 . A sluggish, slothful disposition makes men poor; it brings them to want. And this applies both to the present life and that which is to come. Verse 16 . If we keep God's word, God's word will keep us from every thing really hurtful. We abuse the doctrine of free grace, if we think that it does away the necessity and advantage of obedience. Those that live at random must die. This truth is clearly taught in words enough to alarm the stoutest sinner. Verse 17 . God has chosen the poor of this world, to be rich in faith, and heirs of his kingdom. Verse 18 . When parents keep under foolish tenderness, they do their best to render children a comfort to them, and happy in themselves. Verse 19 . The spared and spoiled child is likely to become a man of great wrath. Verse 20 . Those that would be wise in their latter end, must be taught and ruled when young. Verse 21 . What should we desire, but that all our purposes may agree with God's holy will? Verse 22 . It is far better to have a heart to do good, and want ability for it, than to have ability for it, and want a heart to it. Verse 23 . Those that live in the fear of God, shall get safety, satisfaction, and true and complete happiness. Verse 24 . Indolence, when indulged, so grows upon people, that they have no heart to do the most needful things for themselves. Verse 25 . A gentle rebuke goes farthest with a man of understanding. Verse 26 . The young man who wastes his father's substance, or makes his aged mother destitute, is hateful, and will come to disgrace. Verse 27 . It is the wisdom of young men to dread hearing such talk as puts loose and evil principles into the mind. Verse 28 . Those are the worst of sinners, who are glad of an opportunity to sin. Verse 29 . The unbelief of man shall not make God's threatenings of no effect. Christ himself, when bearing sins not his own, was not spared. Justice and judgment took hold of our blessed Surety; and will God spare obstinate sinners?

Footnotes

• [a]. Texto de difícil traducción.
• [b]. "cordura" . Lit. "corazón" .
• [c]. "no te hagas " "… " "muerte" . Alt. "pero no te excedas hasta matarlo" .
• [d]. Texto de difícil traducción.
• [e]. "De todo " "… " "lealtad" . Alt. "El anhelo de todo hombre es su amor" .

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 8

This chapter gives an account of the introduction of the ark into the temple, 1Ki 8:1-9 of the glory of the Lord filling it, 1Ki 8:10,11 of a speech Solomon made to the people concerning the building of the temple, and how he came to be engaged in it, 1Ki 8:12-21, of a prayer of his he put up on this occasion, requesting, that what supplications soever were made at any time, or on any account, by Israelites or strangers, might be accepted by the Lord, 1Ki 8:22-53, and of his blessing the people of Israel at the close of it, with some useful exhortations, 1Ki 8:54-61, and of the great number of sacrifices offered up by him, and the feast he made for the people, upon which he dismissed them, 1Ki 8:62-66.