1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. 2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. 3 For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother. 4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. 7 The first thing [is] wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. 10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee. 11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. 12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. 13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life. 14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. 15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on. 16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble. 17 For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink. 18 And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, 19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. 20 My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, 21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. 22 For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing. 23 Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life. 24 Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee, 25 Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established. 27 Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
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Referencias cruzadas (27)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebreos 2:1; Salmo 34:11; Proverbios 1:8; Proverbios 2:1–5; 1 Tesalonicenses 2:11–12
- 2 1 Timoteo 4:6; Tito 1:9; Salmo 89:30–32; Proverbios 8:6–9; Deuteronomio 32:2
- 3 1 Crónicas 22:5; Romanos 12:16; 1 Crónicas 29:1; Zacarías 12:10; 1 Crónicas 3:5
- 4 Proverbios 3:1; Efesios 6:4; Juan 12:50; Proverbios 7:2; 1 Crónicas 28:9
- 5 Santiago 1:5; Proverbios 3:13–18; Proverbios 1:22–23; 2 Crónicas 34:2; Salmo 44:18
- 6 2 Tesalonicenses 2:10; Proverbios 4:21–22; Efesios 3:17; Proverbios 2:10–12
- 7 Eclesiastés 7:12; Eclesiastés 9:16–18; Proverbios 23:23; Proverbios 16:16; Filipenses 3:8
- 8 Daniel 12:3; 1 Samuel 2:30; Proverbios 3:35; 1 Reyes 3:5–13; Proverbios 22:4
- 9 Proverbios 1:9; 1 Pedro 5:4; Hebreos 2:7–9; Proverbios 16:31; Isaías 28:5
- 10 1 Tesalonicenses 2:13; Proverbios 3:2; Deuteronomio 6:2; Jeremías 9:20; Proverbios 3:16
- 11 Salmo 25:4–5; Eclesiastés 12:9; Proverbios 8:9; Proverbios 8:6; 1 Samuel 12:23–24
- 12 Proverbios 3:23; Salmo 18:36; 2 Samuel 22:37; 1 Pedro 2:8; Juan 11:9–10
- 13 Proverbios 3:18; Hebreos 2:1; Proverbios 23:23; Deuteronomio 32:47; Hechos 2:42
- 14 Salmo 1:1; 1 Corintios 15:33; Proverbios 1:15; Proverbios 1:10; Proverbios 13:20
- 15 Efesios 5:11; Job 22:23; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:22; Éxodo 23:7; Job 11:14
- 16 Salmo 36:4; Miqueas 2:1; Isaías 57:20; 2 Pedro 2:14; Proverbios 1:16
- 17 Miqueas 6:12; Proverbios 9:17; Proverbios 20:17; Salmo 14:4; Santiago 5:4–5
- 18 Juan 8:12; Job 11:17; Daniel 12:3; Filipenses 2:15; 2 Corintios 3:18
- 19 Juan 12:35; Isaías 59:9–10; Jeremías 23:12; Job 18:5–6; 1 Samuel 2:9
- 20 Proverbios 5:1; Isaías 55:3; Proverbios 6:20–21; Proverbios 7:1; Salmo 78:1
- 21 Proverbios 3:21; Proverbios 3:3; Proverbios 7:1–2; Salmo 40:8; Proverbios 2:1
- 22 Jeremías 33:6; Proverbios 12:18; Proverbios 4:10; Proverbios 3:8; Proverbios 4:4
- 23 Lucas 6:45; Mateo 12:34–35; Marcos 7:21–23; Salmo 139:23–24; Proverbios 13:3
- 24 Proverbios 8:8; Santiago 1:26; Proverbios 8:13; Efesios 4:25–31; 1 Pedro 2:1
- 25 Salmo 119:37; Mateo 6:22; Job 31:1; Proverbios 23:33; Proverbios 23:5
- 26 Hebreos 12:13; Salmo 37:23; Salmo 119:5; 2 Tesalonicenses 3:3; Hageo 1:5
- 27 Deuteronomio 5:32; Josué 1:7; Deuteronomio 28:14; Proverbios 16:17; Deuteronomio 12:32
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Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)