Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 4 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Ακούσατε, τέκνα, παιδείαν πατρός, και προσέχετε να μάθητε σύνεσιν.
1 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
2 Διότι δίδω εις εσάς καλήν διδασκαλίαν· μη εγκαταλίπητε τον νόμον μου.
2 for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
3 Διότι και εγώ εστάθην υιός του πατρός μου, αγαπητός και μονογενής ενώπιον της μητρός μου·
3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 και με εδίδασκε και μοι έλεγεν, Ας κρατή η καρδία σου τους λόγους μου· φύλαττε τας εντολάς μου και θέλεις ζήσει.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
5 Απόκτησον σοφίαν, απόκτησον σύνεσιν· μη λησμονήσης αυτήν, μηδέ εκκλίνης από των λόγων του στόματός μου·
5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
6 μη εγκαταλίπης αυτήν, και θέλει σε περιφυλάττει· αγάπα αυτήν, και θέλει σε διατηρεί.
6 Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
7 Η σοφία είναι το πρώτιστον· απόκτησον σοφίαν· και υπέρ πάσαν απόκτησίν σου απόκτησον σύνεσιν.
7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
8 Ανάλαβε αυτήν και θέλει σε υψώσει· θέλει σε δοξάσει, όταν εναγκαλισθής αυτήν.
8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
9 Θέλει επιθέσει επί την κεφαλήν σου στέφανον χαρίτων· θέλει σοι δώσει διάδημα δόξης.
9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
10 Άκουε, υιέ μου, και δέχθητι τους λόγους μου· και θέλουσι πληθυνθή τα έτη της ζωής σου.
10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
11 Σε διδάσκω την οδόν της σοφίας· σε εμβιβάζω εις τρίβους ευθείας.
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
12 Όταν περιπατής, τα βήματά σου δεν θέλουσιν είσθαι εστενοχωρημένα· και όταν τρέχης, δεν θέλεις προσκόψει.
12 When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
13 Δράξον την παιδείαν, μη αφήσης αυτήν· φύλαττε αυτήν, διότι είναι η ζωή σου.
13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
14 Μη εισέλθης εις την τρίβον των ασεβών, και μη υπάγης εις την οδόν των πονηρών.
14 Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
15 Απόφευγε αυτήν, μη περάσης δι' αυτής, έκκλινον απ' αυτής και διάβα.
15 Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
16 Διότι αυτοί δεν κοιμώνται, εάν δεν κακοποιήσωσι· και ο ύπνος αυτών αφαιρείται, εάν δεν υποσκελίσωσιν.
16 For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
17 Επειδή τρώγουσιν άρτον ασεβείας και πίνουσιν οίνον δυναστείας.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 Η οδός όμως των δικαίων είναι ως το λαμπρόν φως, το φέγγον επί μάλλον και μάλλον, εωσού γείνη τελεία ημέρα.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
19 Η οδός των ασεβών είναι ως το σκότος· δεν γνωρίζουσι που προσκόπτουσιν.
19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
20 Υιέ μου, πρόσεχε εις τας ρήσεις μου· κλίνον το ωτίον σου εις τα λόγιά μου.
20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
21 Ας μη απομακρυνθώσιν από των οφθαλμών σου· φύλαττε αυτά εν τη καρδία σου·
21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
22 διότι είναι ζωή εις τους ευρίσκοντας αυτά και ίασις εις πάσαν αυτών την σάρκα.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
23 Μετά πάσης φυλάξεως φύλαττε την καρδίαν σου· διότι εκ ταύτης προέρχονται αι εκβάσεις της ζωής.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24 Απόβαλε από σου σκολιότητα στόματος, και διαστροφήν χειλέων απομάκρυνον από σου.
24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
25 Οι οφθαλμοί σου ας βλέπωσιν ορθά, και τα βλέφαρά σου ας κατευθύνωνται έμπροσθέν σου.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Στάθμιζε το βάδισμα των ποδών σου, και πάσαι αι οδοί σου θέλουσι κατευθυνθή.
26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
27 Μη εκκλίνης δεξιά ή αριστερά· απόστρεψον τον πόδα σου από κακού.
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)