Ventajas de la sabiduría
1Hijo mío, si haces tuyas mis palabras
y atesoras mis mandamientos;
2si tu oído inclinas hacia la sabiduría
y de corazón te entregas a la inteligencia;
3si la llamas y pides entendimiento;
4si la buscas como a la plata,
como a un tesoro escondido,
5entonces comprenderás el temor del Señor
y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
6Porque el Señor da la sabiduría;
conocimiento e inteligencia brotan de sus labios.
7Él reserva el éxito para los íntegros
y es escudo a los de conducta intachable.
8Él cuida el sendero de los justos
y protege el camino de sus fieles.
9Entonces comprenderás la justicia y el derecho,
la equidad y todo buen camino;
10la sabiduría vendrá a tu corazón
y el conocimiento te endulzará la vida.
11La discreción te cuidará;
la inteligencia te protegerá.
12La sabiduría te librará del camino de los malvados,
de los que dicen palabras perversas,
13de los que se apartan del camino recto
para andar por sendas tenebrosas,
14de los que se complacen en hacer lo malo
y festejan la perversidad,
15de los que andan por caminos torcidos
y por sendas extraviadas;
16te librará de la mujer ajena,
de la extraña de palabras seductoras
17que, olvidándose de su pacto con Dios,
abandona al compañero de su juventud.
18Ciertamente su casa conduce a la muerte;
sus sendas van hacia los muertos.
19El que se enreda con ella no vuelve jamás
ni alcanza los senderos de la vida.
20Así andarás por el camino de los buenos
y seguirás la senda de los justos.
21Pues los íntegros habitarán en la tierra
y los rectos permanecerán en ella.
22Pero los malvados serán desarraigados
y los infieles expulsados de la tierra.
Good Things Come From Wisdom
1My son, accept my words.
Store up my commands inside you.
2Let your ears listen to wisdom.
Apply your heart to understanding.
3Call out for the ability to be wise.
Cry out for understanding.
4Look for it as you would look for silver.
Search for it as you would search for hidden treasure.
5Then you will understand how to have respect for the Lord.
You will find out how to know God.
6The Lord gives wisdom.
Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.
7He stores up success for honest people.
He is like a shield to those who live without blame.
8He guards the path of those who are honest.
He watches over the way of his faithful ones.
9You will understand what is right and honest and fair.
You will understand the right way to live.
10Your heart will become wise.
Your mind will delight in knowledge.
11Good sense will keep you safe.
Understanding will guard you.
12Wisdom will save you from the ways of evil men.
It will save you from men who twist their words.
13Men like that have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways.
14They take delight in doing what is wrong.
They take joy in twisting everything around.
15Their paths are crooked.
Their ways are not straight.
16Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery.
It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.
17She has left the man she married when she was young.
She has broken the promise she made in front of God.
18Surely her house leads down to death.
Her paths lead to the spirits of the dead.
19No one who goes to her comes back
or reaches the paths of life.
20You will walk in the ways of good people.
You will follow the paths of those who do right.
21Honest people will live in the land.
Those who are without blame will remain in it.
22But sinners will be cut off from the land.
Those who aren’t faithful will be torn away from it.
