Proverbs · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Proverbs 4 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
1 OID, hijos, la doctrina de un padre, y estad atentos para que conozcáis cordura.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
2 Porque os doy buena enseñanza; no desamparéis mi ley.
3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.
3 Porque yo fuí hijo de mi padre, delicado y único delante de mi madre.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
4 Y él me enseñaba, y me decía: Mantenga tu corazón mis razones, guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás:
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words 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 she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
6 No la dejes, y ella te guardará; ámala, y te conservará.
7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
7 Sabiduría ante todo: adquiere sabiduría: y ante toda tu posesión adquiere inteligencia.
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
8 Engrandécela, y ella te engrandecerá: ella te honrará, cuando tú la hubieres abrazado.
9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
9 Adorno de gracia dará á tu cabeza: corona de hermosura te entregará.
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
10 Oye, hijo mío, y recibe mis razones; y se te multiplicarán años de vida.
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
11 Por el camino de la sabiduría te he encaminado, y por veredas derechas te he hecho andar.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
12 Cuando anduvieres no se estrecharán tus pasos; y si corrieres, no tropezarás.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
13 Ten el consejo, no lo dejes; guárdalo, porque eso es tu vida.
14 ¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].
14 No entres por la vereda de los impíos, ni vayas por el camino de los malos.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
15 Desampárala, no pases por ella; apártate de ella, pasa.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless 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 eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
17 Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de robos.
18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect 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 darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
19 El camino de los impíos es como la oscuridad: no saben en qué tropiezan.
20 ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
20 Hijo mío, está atento á mis palabras; inclina tu oído á mis razones.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
21 No se aparten de tus ojos; guárdalas en medio de tu corazón.
22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
22 Porque son vida á los que las hallan, y medicina á toda su carne.
23 ¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
23 Sobre toda cosa guardada guarda tu corazón; porque de él mana la vida.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
24 Aparta de ti la perversidad de la boca, y aleja de ti la iniquidad de labios.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
25 Tus ojos miren lo recto, y tus párpados en derechura delante de ti.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
26 Examina la senda de tus pies, y todos tus caminos sean ordenados.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot 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)