Proverbs · Geneva Bible (1599)
Proverbs 4 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
1 OID, hijos, la doctrina de un padre, y estad atentos para que conozcáis cordura.
2 For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
2 Porque os doy buena enseñanza; no desamparéis mi ley.
3 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
3 Porque yo fuí hijo de mi padre, delicado y único delante de mi madre.
4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
4 Y él me enseñaba, y me decía: Mantenga tu corazón mis razones, guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás:
5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
5 Adquiere sabiduría, adquiere inteligencia; no te olvides ni te apartes de las razones de mi boca;
6 Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
6 No la dejes, y ella te guardará; ámala, y te conservará.
7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
7 Sabiduría ante todo: adquiere sabiduría: y ante toda tu posesión adquiere inteligencia.
8 Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
8 Engrandécela, y ella te engrandecerá: ella te honrará, cuando tú la hubieres abrazado.
9 She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.
9 Adorno de gracia dará á tu cabeza: corona de hermosura te entregará.
10 Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.
10 Oye, hijo mío, y recibe mis razones; y se te multiplicarán años de vida.
11 I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.
11 Por el camino de la sabiduría te he encaminado, y por veredas derechas te he hecho andar.
12 Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
12 Cuando anduvieres no se estrecharán tus pasos; y si corrieres, no tropezarás.
13 Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.
13 Ten el consejo, no lo dejes; guárdalo, porque eso es tu vida.
14 Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.
14 No entres por la vereda de los impíos, ni vayas por el camino de los malos.
15 Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
15 Desampárala, no pases por ella; apártate de ella, pasa.
16 For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.
16 Porque no duermen ellos, si no hicieren mal; y pierden su sueño, si no han hecho caer.
17 For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
17 Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de robos.
18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite 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 the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
19 El camino de los impíos es como la oscuridad: no saben en qué tropiezan.
20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
20 Hijo mío, está atento á mis palabras; inclina tu oído á mis razones.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.
21 No se aparten de tus ojos; guárdalas en medio de tu corazón.
22 For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
22 Porque son vida á los que las hallan, y medicina á toda su carne.
23 Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
23 Sobre toda cosa guardada guarda tu corazón; porque de él mana la vida.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
24 Aparta de ti la perversidad de la boca, y aleja de ti la iniquidad de labios.
25 Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.
25 Tus ojos miren lo recto, y tus párpados en derechura delante de ti.
26 Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.
26 Examina la senda de tus pies, y todos tus caminos sean ordenados.
27 Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.
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.
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