Proverbs · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Proverbs 4 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Hijos míos, escuchen la enseñanza de un padre; presten atención para adquirir conocimiento.
1 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
2 Porque les doy una buena enseñanza; no abandonen el conocimiento que reciben de mí.
2 for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
3 Yo también fui hijo de mi padre, un niño tierno y el único de mi madre.
3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 Mi padre me enseñaba y me decía: «Guarda mis palabras en tu corazón; cumple mis mandatos y vivirás.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
5 Adquiere sabiduría y verdadero conocimiento. No olvides mis palabras ni te apartes de ellas.
5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
6 No abandones la sabiduría y ella te protegerá; ámala y te pondrá a salvo.
6 Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
7 El primer paso de la sabiduría es adquirirla. Da todo lo que tienes por obtener verdadero conocimiento.
7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
8 Dale un lugar de honor y ella te elevará; te honrará cuando la ames.
8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
9 Pondrá una hermosa corona en tu cabeza y te dará un adorno glorioso».
9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
10 Escucha, hijo mío, recibe mis palabras y tendrás larga vida.
10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
11 Te he enseñado el camino de la sabiduría y te he guiado por la senda recta.
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
12 Cuando camines, tu camino no será estrecho; cuando corras, no caerás.
12 When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
13 Aférrate a la enseñanza y no la sueltes; consérvala, porque ella es tu vida.
13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
14 No sigas el camino de los pecadores ni andes por la senda de los malvados.
14 Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
15 Aléjate de ella, no te acerques; apártate y sigue tu camino.
15 Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
16 Porque no descansan hasta hacer el mal; pierden el sueño si no han hecho caer a alguien.
16 For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
17 Se alimentan del pan de la maldad y beben el vino de la violencia.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 Pero el camino de los rectos es como la luz del amanecer, que brilla cada vez más hasta llegar al pleno día.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
19 El camino de los pecadores es oscuro; no ven qué los hace caer.
19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
20 Hijo mío, presta atención a mis palabras; escucha lo que te digo.
20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
21 No lo pierdas de vista; guárdalo en lo profundo de tu corazón.
21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
22 Porque mis palabras dan vida a quien las recibe y fuerzas a todo su cuerpo.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
23 Cuida tu corazón con toda atención; así tendrás vida.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24 Aparta de ti las palabras malas y mantén lejos de ti los labios mentirosos.
24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
25 Mira lo que tienes delante; dirige la vista hacia el frente.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Vigila tu conducta y procura que todos tus caminos sean rectos.
26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
27 No te desvíes a la derecha ni a la izquierda; aparta tus pies del mal.
27 Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
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).
How these were chosen
“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)