Proverbs · Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 4 Berean Standard Bible
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1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
1 OID, hijos, la doctrina de un padre, y estad atentos para que conozcáis cordura.
2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
2 Porque os doy buena enseñanza; no desamparéis mi ley.
3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
3 Porque yo fuí hijo de mi padre, delicado y único delante de mi madre.
4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
4 Y él me enseñaba, y me decía: Mantenga tu corazón mis razones, guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás:
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
5 Adquiere sabiduría, adquiere inteligencia; no te olvides ni te apartes de las razones de mi boca;
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
6 No la dejes, y ella te guardará; ámala, y te conservará.
7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
7 Sabiduría ante todo: adquiere sabiduría: y ante toda tu posesión adquiere inteligencia.
8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
8 Engrandécela, y ella te engrandecerá: ella te honrará, cuando tú la hubieres abrazado.
9 She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
9 Adorno de gracia dará á tu cabeza: corona de hermosura te entregará.
10 Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
10 Oye, hijo mío, y recibe mis razones; y se te multiplicarán años de vida.
11 I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
11 Por el camino de la sabiduría te he encaminado, y por veredas derechas te he hecho andar.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
12 Cuando anduvieres no se estrecharán tus pasos; y si corrieres, no tropezarás.
13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
13 Ten el consejo, no lo dejes; guárdalo, porque eso es tu vida.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
14 No entres por la vereda de los impíos, ni vayas por el camino de los malos.
15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
15 Desampárala, no pases por ella; apártate de ella, pasa.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
16 Porque no duermen ellos, si no hicieren mal; y pierden su sueño, si no han hecho caer.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
17 Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de robos.
18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
19 El camino de los impíos es como la oscuridad: no saben en qué tropiezan.
20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
20 Hijo mío, está atento á mis palabras; inclina tu oído á mis razones.
21 Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
21 No se aparten de tus ojos; guárdalas en medio de tu corazón.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
22 Porque son vida á los que las hallan, y medicina á toda su carne.
23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
23 Sobre toda cosa guardada guarda tu corazón; porque de él mana la vida.
24 Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
24 Aparta de ti la perversidad de la boca, y aleja de ti la iniquidad de labios.
25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
25 Tus ojos miren lo recto, y tus párpados en derechura delante de ti.
26 Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
26 Examina la senda de tus pies, y todos tus caminos sean ordenados.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away 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
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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)