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잠언 4
Korean Living Bible
잠언 4
Korean Living Bible
지혜의 유익
4 내 아들들아, 너희 아버지가 가르치는 말을 잘 들어라. 유의해서 들으면 깨달 음을 얻을 것이다.
2 내가 너희에게 건전한 것을 가르친다. 너희는 나의 교훈을 저버리지 말아라.
3 나도 한때는 외아들로서 부모의 사랑을 받던 어린 시절이 있었다.
4 그때 나의 아버지는 이런 말씀으로 나를 교훈하셨다. “내가 하는 말을 기억하고 잊지 말아라. 내 명령을 지켜라. 그러면 네가 살 것이다.
5 지혜와 깨달음을 얻어라. 내 말을 잊어버리거나 무시하지 말아라.
6 지혜를 버리지 말아라. 지혜가 너를 보호할 것이다. 지혜를 사랑하라. 지혜가 너를 지킬 것이다.
7 지혜는 가장 소중한 것이다. 지혜를 얻어라. 그 어떤 것을 희생하고서라도 깨달음을 얻어라.
8 지혜를 찬양하라. 지혜가 너를 높일 것이다. 지혜를 고이 간직하라. 지혜가 너를 영화롭게 할 것이다.
9 지혜가 우아한 화관을 네 머리에 씌우고 영광스러운 면류관을 너에게 줄 것이다.”
10 내 아들아, 내 말을 듣고 받아들여라. 그러면 네가 장수할 것이다.
11 내가 너에게 지혜와 옳은 길을 가르쳤으니
12 네가 걸어갈 때 네 걸음이 방해를 받지 않을 것이며 네가 달려갈 때에도 걸려 넘어지지 않을 것이다.
13 내 교훈을 잊지 말고 굳게 지켜라. 이것은 너의 생명과도 같은 것이다.
14 너는 악인들이 가는 곳에 가지 말고 그들의 행동을 본받지 말아라.
15 너는 악한 길을 피하고 그들의 길로 가지 말며 돌아서라.
16 악인들은 나쁜 짓을 하지 않으면 [a]직성이 풀리지 않으며 남을 해치지 않으면 잠이 오지 않는다.
17 그들은 악의 빵을 먹고 폭력의 술을 마신다.
18 의로운 자의 길은 점점 밝아져서 완전히 빛나는 아침 햇빛 같으며
19 악인의 길은 캄캄한 어두움과 같아서 그들이 넘어져도 무엇에 걸려 넘어졌는지조차 알지 못한다.
20 내 아들아, 내가 하는 말에 귀를 기울이고 주의 깊게 들어라.
21 그것을 네게서 떠나지 말게 하고 네 마음에 깊이 간직하라.
22 내 말은 깨닫는 자에게 생명이 되고 온 몸에 건강이 된다.
23 그 무엇보다도 네 마음을 지켜라. 여기서부터 생명의 샘이 흘러나온다.
24 더럽고 추한 말을 버려라. 거짓되고 잘못된 말은 입 밖에도 내지 말아라.
25 너는 앞만 바라보고 시선을 다른 곳으로 돌리지 말며
26 네 걸음을 조심하고 [b]무엇을 하든지 확실하게 하라.
27 너는 곁길로 벗어나지 말고 네 발을 악에서 떠나게 하라.
Proverbs 4
Common English Bible
Proverbs 4
Common English Bible
Love wisdom
4 Hear, children, fatherly instruction;
pay attention to gain understanding.
2 I’ll teach you well.
Don’t abandon my instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
tender and my mother’s favorite,
4 he taught me and said to me:
“Let your heart hold on to my words:
Keep my commands and live.
5 Get wisdom; get understanding.
Don’t forget and don’t turn away from my words.
6 Don’t abandon her, and she will guard you.
Love her, and she will protect you.
7 The beginning of wisdom:
Get wisdom!
Get understanding before anything else.
8 Highly esteem her, and she will exalt you.
She will honor you if you embrace her.
9 She will place a graceful wreath on your head;
she will give you a glorious crown.”
Stay on the path of wisdom
10 Listen, my son, and take in my speech,
then the years of your life will be many.
11 I teach you the path of wisdom.
I lead you in straight courses.
12 When you walk, you won’t be hindered;
when you run, you won’t stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction; don’t slack off;
protect it, for it is your life.
14 Don’t go on the way of the wicked;
don’t walk on the path of evil people.
15 Avoid it! Don’t turn onto it;
stay off of it and keep going!
16 They don’t sleep unless they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of evil,
and they drink the wine of violence.
18 The way of the righteous is like morning light
that gets brighter and brighter till it is full day.
19 The path of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they don’t know where they will stumble.
Be careful about what you say
20 My son, pay attention to my words.
Bend your ear to my speech.
21 Don’t let them slip from your sight.
Guard them in your mind.
22 They are life to those who find them,
and healing for their entire body.
23 More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it.
24 Have nothing to do with a corrupt mouth;
keep devious lips far from you.
25 Focus your eyes straight ahead;
keep your gaze on what is in front of you.
26 Watch your feet on the way,
and all your paths will be secure.
27 Don’t deviate a bit to the right or the left;
turn your feet away from evil.
Proverbs 4
New International Version
Proverbs 4
New International Version
Get Wisdom at Any Cost
4 Listen, my sons,(A) to a father’s instruction;(B)
pay attention and gain understanding.(C)
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold(D) of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.(E)
5 Get wisdom,(F) get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;(G)
love her, and she will watch over you.(H)
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get[a] wisdom.
Though it cost all(I) you have,[b] get understanding.(J)
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.(K)
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.(L)”
10 Listen, my son,(M) accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.(N)
11 I instruct(O) you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.(P)
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.(Q)
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.(R)
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.(S)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;(T)
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.(U)
18 The path of the righteous(V) is like the morning sun,(W)
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(X)
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;(Y)
they do not know what makes them stumble.(Z)
20 My son,(AA) pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.(AB)
21 Do not let them out of your sight,(AC)
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.(AD)
23 Above all else, guard(AE) your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.(AF)
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes(AG) look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[c] paths for your feet(AH)
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(AI)
keep your foot from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get
- Proverbs 4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get
- Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 4
New King James Version
Proverbs 4
New King James Version
Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
2 For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
3 When I was my father’s son,
(B)Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 (C)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(D)Keep my commands, and live.
5 (E)Get wisdom! Get understanding!
Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;
(F)Love her, and she will keep you.
7 (G)Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.
8 (H)Exalt her, and she will promote you;
She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
9 She will place on your head (I)an ornament of grace;
A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
(J)And the years of your life will be many.
11 I have (K)taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in right paths.
12 When you walk, (L)your steps will not be hindered,
(M)And when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;
Keep her, for she is your life.
14 (N)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 (O)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
18 (P)But the path of the just (Q)is like the shining [b]sun,
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
19 (R)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of (S)life.
24 Put away from you a [c]deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
26 Ponder the path of your (T)feet,
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed
- Proverbs 4:18 Lit. light
- Proverbs 4:24 devious
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