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3 It is an honor for a man to 1keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
4 2The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; 3he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
5 The purpose in a man's heart is like 4deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Many a man 5proclaims his own steadfast love, but 6a faithful man who can find?
7 The righteous who 7walks in his integrity-- 8blessed are his children after him!
8 9A king who sits on the throne of judgment 10winnows all evil with his eyes.
9 11Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
10 12Unequala weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
11 Even a child 13makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.b
12 14The hearing ear and the seeing eye, 15the LORD has made them both.
13 16Love not sleep, lest you 17come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have 18plenty of bread.
14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of 19costly stones, 20but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 21Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and 22hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.c
17 23Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of 24gravel.
18 25Plans are established by counsel; by 26wise guidance 27wage war.
19 Whoever 28goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with 29a simple babbler.d
20 30If one curses his father or his mother, 31his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
21 32An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
22 Do not say, 33"I will repay evil"; 34wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
23 35Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and 36false scales are not good.
24 A man's 37steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
25 It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only 38after making vows.
26 A wise king 39winnows the wicked and drives 40the wheel over them.
27 41The spirite of man is the lamp of the LORD, 42searching all 43his innermost parts.
28 44Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his 45throne is upheld.
29 The glory of young men is their strength, but 46the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30 47Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean 48the innermost parts.

La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA

Proverbios 20:3 Es honra para el hombre eludir las contiendas, pero cualquier necio se enredará en ellas.

La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS

Proverbios 20:3 Honra es del hombre dejarse de contienda; mas todo loco se envolverá en ella

King James Version KJV

Proverbs 20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

New King James Version NKJV

Proverbs 20:3 It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.

Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV

Proverbios 20:3 Evitar la pelea es una señal de honor;
solo los necios insisten en pelear.

Nueva Versión Internacional NVI

Proverbios 20:3 Honroso es al hombre evitar la contienda,pero no hay necio que no inicie un pleito.

La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR

Proverbios 20:3 Honra es del hombre dejarse de contienda: Mas todo insensato se envolverá en ella.

Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV

Proverbios 20:3 Honra es del hombre dejarse de contienda; mas todo loco se envolverá en ella .

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