Proverbs 1:8-9
Evangelical Heritage Version
Solomon’s Speeches About Wisdom
First Address to a Son:
Avoid the Company of Sinners
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s discipline,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching,
9 because they are a garland of grace for your head.
They are jewelry for your neck.
Proverbs 3:1-2
Evangelical Heritage Version
Third Address to a Son:
Wisdom Leads to the Lord’s Blessing
3 My son, do not forget my teaching.
Let your heart keep my commands,
2 because they will add long days and many years to your life,
and peace and prosperity[a] will come to you.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 3:2 The Hebrew word shalom here contains both meanings.
Proverbs 4:1-13
Evangelical Heritage Version
An Address to Sons:
Your Parents Teach You Wisdom
4 Listen, you sons, to a father’s discipline.
Pay attention so that you will gain discernment,
2 because I have given you good instruction.
Do not abandon my teaching.
3 When I was a son living with my father,
a tender and only child with my mother,
4 he used to instruct me and say to me,
“Cling to my words with all your heart.
Obey my commands so that you may live.
5 Acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding.
Do not forget,
and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not abandon it, and it will watch over you.
Love it and it will guard you.”
7 The beginning of wisdom is to obtain Wisdom.
Give up everything you have, in order to gain Understanding.
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you.
She will honor you when you embrace her.
9 She will set a garland of grace on your head.
She will present you with a beautiful crown.
Fifth Address to a Son:
The Difference Between the Wicked and the Righteous
10 Listen, my son, and accept my words,
so that the years of your life will be many.
11 I have instructed you in the way of wisdom.
I have led you along straight paths.[a]
12 When you walk, your stride will not be hindered.
Even if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to discipline. Do not let go.
Guard it, because it is your life.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 4:11 Or on the right track
Proverbs 4:20-22
Evangelical Heritage Version
Sixth Address to a Son:
Advice for a Righteous Life
20 My son, pay attention to my words.
Open your ears to what I say.
21 Do not let them escape from your sight.
Keep them deep in your heart,
22 because they are life for those who find them
and healing for the entire body.[a]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 4:22 Literally all of his flesh
Proverbs 5:1-2
Evangelical Heritage Version
Seventh Address to a Son:
Wisdom Teaches You to Avoid Adultery
5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
Open your ears to my understanding,
2 so that you may hold on to insight,
so your lips may guard knowledge,
Proverbs 6:20-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ninth Address to a Son:
Avoid Sexual Immorality
20 My son, keep your father’s commands,
and do not forsake your mother’s teachings.
21 Fasten them permanently to your heart,
and tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk around, they will lead you.
When you lie down, they will stand guard over you.
When you wake up, they will converse with you,
23 because a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and the warnings given by discipline are a road to life.
Proverbs 7:1-3
Evangelical Heritage Version
Tenth Address to a Son:
Wisdom Protects You From Adultery and Death
7 My son, guard what I say.
Keep my commands with you.
2 Obey my commands so that you may live.
Protect my teachings like the pupil of your eye.
3 Tie them to your fingers.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 10:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 Whoever practices discipline is on the path to life,
but whoever rejects a warning goes astray.
Proverbs 19:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 A person who keeps a command preserves his life.
One who despises his ways will die.
Proverbs 23:22
Evangelical Heritage Version
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 Those who abandon the law[a] praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law oppose them.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 28:4 Or instruction or teaching
Proverbs 28:7
Evangelical Heritage Version
7 The son who keeps the law has understanding,
but a companion of gluttons brings shame upon his father.
Proverbs 29:18
Evangelical Heritage Version
18 Without prophetic vision, a people is unrestrained,
but a people which follows the law is blessed.
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