Proverbs · Bible in Basic English
Proverbs 4 Bible in Basic English
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1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
1 OID, hijos, la doctrina de un padre, y estad atentos para que conozcáis cordura.
2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
2 Porque os doy buena enseñanza; no desamparéis mi ley.
3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
3 Porque yo fuí hijo de mi padre, delicado y único delante de mi madre.
4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
4 Y él me enseñaba, y me decía: Mantenga tu corazón mis razones, guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás:
5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
5 Adquiere sabiduría, adquiere inteligencia; no te olvides ni te apartes de las razones de mi boca;
6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
6 No la dejes, y ella te guardará; ámala, y te conservará.
7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
7 Sabiduría ante todo: adquiere sabiduría: y ante toda tu posesión adquiere inteligencia.
8 Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.
8 Engrandécela, y ella te engrandecerá: ella te honrará, cuando tú la hubieres abrazado.
9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
9 Adorno de gracia dará á tu cabeza: corona de hermosura te entregará.
10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
10 Oye, hijo mío, y recibe mis razones; y se te multiplicarán años de vida.
11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.
11 Por el camino de la sabiduría te he encaminado, y por veredas derechas te he hecho andar.
12 When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.
12 Cuando anduvieres no se estrecharán tus pasos; y si corrieres, no tropezarás.
13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
13 Ten el consejo, no lo dejes; guárdalo, porque eso es tu vida.
14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.
14 No entres por la vereda de los impíos, ni vayas por el camino de los malos.
15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
15 Desampárala, no pases por ella; apártate de ella, pasa.
16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
16 Porque no duermen ellos, si no hicieren mal; y pierden su sueño, si no han hecho caer.
17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
17 Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de robos.
18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
18 Mas la senda de los justos es como la luz de la aurora, que va en aumento hasta que el día es perfecto.
19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
19 El camino de los impíos es como la oscuridad: no saben en qué tropiezan.
20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
20 Hijo mío, está atento á mis palabras; inclina tu oído á mis razones.
21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.
21 No se aparten de tus ojos; guárdalas en medio de tu corazón.
22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
22 Porque son vida á los que las hallan, y medicina á toda su carne.
23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
23 Sobre toda cosa guardada guarda tu corazón; porque de él mana la vida.
24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
24 Aparta de ti la perversidad de la boca, y aleja de ti la iniquidad de labios.
25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
25 Tus ojos miren lo recto, y tus párpados en derechura delante de ti.
26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
26 Examina la senda de tus pies, y todos tus caminos sean ordenados.
27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
27 No te apartes á diestra, ni á siniestra: aparta tu pie del mal.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 2:1; Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 2:1–5; 1 Thessalonians 2:11–12
- 2 1 Timothy 4:6; Titus 1:9; Psalm 89:30–32; Proverbs 8:6–9; Deuteronomy 32:2
- 3 1 Chronicles 22:5; Romans 12:16; 1 Chronicles 29:1; Zechariah 12:10; 1 Chronicles 3:5
- 4 Proverbs 3:1; Ephesians 6:4; John 12:50; Proverbs 7:2; 1 Chronicles 28:9
- 5 James 1:5; Proverbs 3:13–18; Proverbs 1:22–23; 2 Chronicles 34:2; Psalm 44:18
- 6 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Proverbs 4:21–22; Ephesians 3:17; Proverbs 2:10–12
- 7 Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ecclesiastes 9:16–18; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 16:16; Philippians 3:8
- 8 Daniel 12:3; 1 Samuel 2:30; Proverbs 3:35; 1 Kings 3:5–13; Proverbs 22:4
- 9 Proverbs 1:9; 1 Peter 5:4; Hebrews 2:7–9; Proverbs 16:31; Isaiah 28:5
- 10 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Proverbs 3:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Jeremiah 9:20; Proverbs 3:16
- 11 Psalm 25:4–5; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 8:6; 1 Samuel 12:23–24
- 12 Proverbs 3:23; Psalm 18:36; 2 Samuel 22:37; 1 Peter 2:8; John 11:9–10
- 13 Proverbs 3:18; Hebrews 2:1; Proverbs 23:23; Deuteronomy 32:47; Acts 2:42
- 14 Psalm 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 13:20
- 15 Ephesians 5:11; Job 22:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Exodus 23:7; Job 11:14
- 16 Psalm 36:4; Micah 2:1; Isaiah 57:20; 2 Peter 2:14; Proverbs 1:16
- 17 Micah 6:12; Proverbs 9:17; Proverbs 20:17; Psalm 14:4; James 5:4–5
- 18 John 8:12; Job 11:17; Daniel 12:3; Philippians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 3:18
- 19 John 12:35; Isaiah 59:9–10; Jeremiah 23:12; Job 18:5–6; 1 Samuel 2:9
- 20 Proverbs 5:1; Isaiah 55:3; Proverbs 6:20–21; Proverbs 7:1; Psalm 78:1
- 21 Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:1–2; Psalm 40:8; Proverbs 2:1
- 22 Jeremiah 33:6; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 4:10; Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 4:4
- 23 Luke 6:45; Matthew 12:34–35; Mark 7:21–23; Psalm 139:23–24; Proverbs 13:3
- 24 Proverbs 8:8; James 1:26; Proverbs 8:13; Ephesians 4:25–31; 1 Peter 2:1
- 25 Psalm 119:37; Matthew 6:22; Job 31:1; Proverbs 23:33; Proverbs 23:5
- 26 Hebrews 12:13; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 119:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Haggai 1:5
- 27 Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7; Deuteronomy 28:14; Proverbs 16:17; Deuteronomy 12:32
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
It is not an enemy, O man, that assails thee from without, but an evil shoot growing up out of thyself. Look right on with thine eyes, and there is no lust.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)