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1 Escuchen hijos la corrección de un padre. Pongan atención para que adquieran inteligencia.
1 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
2 Yo digo la verdad; no se aparten.
2 for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
3 Yo también he sido hijo; cuando era el niño consentido 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 en tu corazón mis palabras, obedece mis mandamientos, y vivirás.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
5 Adquiere sabiduría e inteligencia, no la olvides 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, ámala, y ella te protegerá.
6 Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
7 Lo más importante que debes hacer es adquirir sabiduría, y también buen juicio.
7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
8 Ama la sabiduría, y ella te engrandecerá; aférrate a ella y te honrará;
8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
9 te adornará con diadema de gracia la cabeza; y te obsequiará una hermosa corona».
9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
10 Hijo mío, escucha y obedece mis palabras, y tendrás una larga vida.
10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
11 Yo te llevo por el camino de la sabiduría y te guío por sendas de rectitud.
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
12 Cuando camines por ellos, nada te estorbará ni tropezarás al correr.
12 When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
13 Aférrate a mi instrucción, no la olvides; pues ella es tu vida.
13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
14 No hagas lo que hacen los malvados, ni sigas el ejemplo de los malhechores.
14 Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
15 Mantente lejos de esa gente; sí, aléjate de ellos y sigue adelante.
15 Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
16 Los malvados no duermen hasta haber hecho lo malo; no pueden descansar hasta hacer que alguien tropiece y caiga.
16 For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
17 ¡Su comida es la maldad y su bebida la violencia!
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 La senda de los justos se parece a los primeros rayos de luz del amanecer, que brillan cada vez más hasta que es pleno día.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
19 Pero la senda de los malvados está en completa oscuridad, los que la siguen ni siquiera saben con qué tropiezan.
19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
20 Hijo mío, toma en cuenta mis consejos, escucha atentamente mis palabras.
20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
21 No pierdas de vista mis palabras, grábalas en lo más profundo de tu corazón.
21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
22 Porque ellas traen vida y salud a quienes las hallan.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
23 Sobre todas las cosas cuida tu corazón, porque de él brota la vida.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24 Evita hablar de cosas perversas; aparta tus labios de decir cosas corruptas.
24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
25 Mira lo que tienes delante; pon tus ojos en lo que tienes frente a ti.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Establece bien la conducta de tu vida, mantenla siempre, y estarás seguro.
26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
27 ¡Practica el bien en todo momento! ¡Apártate 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)