Skip to the text

Proverbs · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)

Proverbs 4 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)

Leer en español
About Slavonic
  • Orthodox
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • NT: Byzantine text
  • Orthodox
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1751
  • GNU GPL v3 (digital edition; the text is public domain)

Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings

Notes on this text (3)

1 Послꙋ́шайте, дѣ́ти, наказа́нїѧ ѻ҆́тча и҆ внемли́те разꙋмѣ́ти помышле́нїе, 2 да́ръ бо бл҃гі́й да́рꙋю ва́мъ: моегѡ̀ зако́на не ѡ҆ставлѧ́йте. 3 Сы́нъ бо бы́хъ и҆ а҆́зъ ѻ҆тцꙋ̀ послꙋшли́вый, и҆ люби́мый пред̾ лице́мъ ма́тере, 4 и҆̀же глаго́лаша и҆ ᲂу҆чи́ша мѧ̀: да ᲂу҆твержда́етсѧ на́ше сло́во въ твое́мъ се́рдцы: хранѝ за́пѡвѣди, не забыва́й: 5 стѧжѝ премꙋ́дрость, стѧжѝ ра́зꙋмъ: не забꙋ́ди, нижѐ пре́зри речє́нїѧ мои́хъ ᲂу҆́стъ, нижѐ ᲂу҆клони́сѧ ѿ глагѡ́лъ ᲂу҆́стъ мои́хъ. 6 Не ѡ҆ста́ви є҆ѧ̀, и҆ и҆́метсѧ тебє̀: возжелѣ́й є҆ѧ̀, и҆ соблюде́тъ тѧ̀. 7 Нача́ло премꙋ́дрости: стѧжа́ти премꙋ́дрость, и҆ во все́мъ стѧжа́нїи твое́мъ стѧжѝ ра́зꙋмъ. 8 Ѡ҆градѝ ю҆̀, и҆ вознесе́тъ тѧ̀: почтѝ ю҆̀, да тѧ̀ ѡ҆б̾и́метъ, 9 да да́стъ главѣ̀ твое́й вѣне́цъ благода́тей, вѣнце́мъ же сла́дости защи́титъ тѧ̀. 10 Слы́ши, сы́не, и҆ прїимѝ моѧ̑ словеса̀, и҆ ᲂу҆мно́жатсѧ лѣ̑та живота̀ твоегѡ̀, да тѝ бꙋ́дꙋтъ мно́зи пꙋтїѐ житїѧ̀. 11 Пꙋтє́мъ бо премꙋ́дрости ᲂу҆чꙋ́ тѧ, наставлѧ́ю же тебѐ на течє́нїѧ пра̑ваѧ: 12 а҆́ще бо хо́диши, не за́пнꙋтсѧ стѡпы̀ твоѧ̑: а҆́ще ли тече́ши, не ᲂу҆трꙋди́шисѧ. 13 И҆ми́сѧ моегѡ̀ наказа́нїѧ, не ѡ҆ста́ви, но сохранѝ є҆̀ себѣ̀ въ жи́знь твою̀. 14 На пꙋти̑ нечести́выхъ не и҆дѝ, нижѐ возревнꙋ́й пꙋтє́мъ законопрестꙋ́пныхъ. 15 На не́мже а҆́ще мѣ́стѣ вѡ́ѧ соберꙋ́тъ, не и҆дѝ та́мѡ: ᲂу҆клони́сѧ же ѿ ни́хъ и҆ и҆змѣнѝ: 16 не ᲂу҆́снꙋтъ бо, а҆́ще ѕла̀ не сотворѧ́тъ: ѿи́метсѧ со́нъ ѿ ни́хъ, и҆ не спѧ́тъ: 17 ті́и бо пита́ютсѧ пи́щею нече́стїѧ, вїно́мъ же законопрестꙋ́пнымъ ᲂу҆пива́ютсѧ. 18 Пꙋтїе́ же првⷣныхъ подо́бнѣ свѣ́тꙋ свѣ́тѧтсѧ: предхо́дѧтъ и҆ просвѣща́ютъ, до́ндеже и҆спра́витсѧ де́нь. 19 Пꙋтїе́ же нечести́выхъ те́мни: не вѣ́дѧтъ, ка́кѡ претыка́ютсѧ. 20 Сы́не, мои̑мъ глаго́лѡмъ внима́й, къ мои̑мъ же словесє́мъ прилага́й ᲂу҆́хо твоѐ: 21 да не ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́ютъ тѝ и҆сто́чницы твоѝ, хранѝ ѧ҆̀ въ се́рдцы твое́мъ: 22 живо́тъ бо сꙋ́ть всѣ̑мъ ѡ҆брѣта́ющымъ ѧ҆̀ и҆ все́й пло́ти и҆́хъ и҆сцѣле́нїе. 23 Всѧ́цѣмъ хране́нїемъ блюдѝ твоѐ се́рдце: ѿ си́хъ бо и҆схѡ́дища живота̀. 24 Ѿимѝ ѿ себє̀ стропти̑ва ᲂу҆ста̀, и҆ ѡ҆би̑дливы ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ дале́че ѿ тебє̀ ѿри́ни. 25 Ѻ҆́чи твоѝ пра́вѡ да зрѧ́тъ, и҆ вѣ̑жди твоѝ да помава́ютъ пра́вєднаѧ. 26 Пра̑ва течє́нїѧ творѝ твои́ма нога́ма и҆ пꙋти̑ твоѧ̑ и҆справлѧ́й. 27 Не ᲂу҆клони́сѧ ни на де́сно, ни на шꙋ́е: ѿврати́ же но́гꙋ твою̀ ѿ пꙋтѝ ѕла̀: 28 пꙋти̑ бо десны̑ѧ вѣ́сть гдⷭ҇ь, развраще́ни же сꙋ́ть, и҆̀же ѡ҆шꙋ́юю. 29 То́й же пра̑ва сотвори́тъ течє́нїѧ твоѧ̑, и҆ хождє́нїѧ твоѧ̑ въ ми́рѣ поспѣши́тъ.

Cross references (27)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Hebrews 2:1; Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 2:1–5; 1 Thessalonians 2:11–12
  2. 2 1 Timothy 4:6; Titus 1:9; Psalm 89:30–32; Proverbs 8:6–9; Deuteronomy 32:2
  3. 3 1 Chronicles 22:5; Romans 12:16; 1 Chronicles 29:1; Zechariah 12:10; 1 Chronicles 3:5
  4. 4 Proverbs 3:1; Ephesians 6:4; John 12:50; Proverbs 7:2; 1 Chronicles 28:9
  5. 5 James 1:5; Proverbs 3:13–18; Proverbs 1:22–23; 2 Chronicles 34:2; Psalm 44:18
  6. 6 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Proverbs 4:21–22; Ephesians 3:17; Proverbs 2:10–12
  7. 7 Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ecclesiastes 9:16–18; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 16:16; Philippians 3:8
  8. 8 Daniel 12:3; 1 Samuel 2:30; Proverbs 3:35; 1 Kings 3:5–13; Proverbs 22:4
  9. 9 Proverbs 1:9; 1 Peter 5:4; Hebrews 2:7–9; Proverbs 16:31; Isaiah 28:5
  10. 10 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Proverbs 3:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Jeremiah 9:20; Proverbs 3:16
  11. 11 Psalm 25:4–5; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 8:6; 1 Samuel 12:23–24
  12. 12 Proverbs 3:23; Psalm 18:36; 2 Samuel 22:37; 1 Peter 2:8; John 11:9–10
  13. 13 Proverbs 3:18; Hebrews 2:1; Proverbs 23:23; Deuteronomy 32:47; Acts 2:42
  14. 14 Psalm 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 13:20
  15. 15 Ephesians 5:11; Job 22:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Exodus 23:7; Job 11:14
  16. 16 Psalm 36:4; Micah 2:1; Isaiah 57:20; 2 Peter 2:14; Proverbs 1:16
  17. 17 Micah 6:12; Proverbs 9:17; Proverbs 20:17; Psalm 14:4; James 5:4–5
  18. 18 John 8:12; Job 11:17; Daniel 12:3; Philippians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 3:18
  19. 19 John 12:35; Isaiah 59:9–10; Jeremiah 23:12; Job 18:5–6; 1 Samuel 2:9
  20. 20 Proverbs 5:1; Isaiah 55:3; Proverbs 6:20–21; Proverbs 7:1; Psalm 78:1
  21. 21 Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:1–2; Psalm 40:8; Proverbs 2:1
  22. 22 Jeremiah 33:6; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 4:10; Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 4:4
  23. 23 Luke 6:45; Matthew 12:34–35; Mark 7:21–23; Psalm 139:23–24; Proverbs 13:3
  24. 24 Proverbs 8:8; James 1:26; Proverbs 8:13; Ephesians 4:25–31; 1 Peter 2:1
  25. 25 Psalm 119:37; Matthew 6:22; Job 31:1; Proverbs 23:33; Proverbs 23:5
  26. 26 Hebrews 12:13; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 119:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Haggai 1:5
  27. 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).

  1. Quotes verse 4:25 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture II)

    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)