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Proverbios 4
Dios Habla Hoy
Proverbios 4
Dios Habla Hoy
Exhortaciones a seguir el buen camino
4 Hijos, atiendan a los consejos de su padre;
pongan atención, para que adquieran buen juicio.
2 Yo les he dado una buena instrucción,
así que no descuiden mis enseñanzas.
3 Pues yo también he sido hijo:
mi madre me amaba con ternura
4 y mi padre me instruía de esta manera:
«Grábate en la mente mis palabras;
haz lo que te ordeno, y vivirás.
5 Adquiere sabiduría y buen juicio;
no eches mis palabras al olvido.
6 Ama a la sabiduría, no la abandones
y ella te dará su protección.
7 Antes que cualquier otra cosa,
adquiere sabiduría y buen juicio.
8 Ámala, y te enaltecerá;
abrázala, y te honrará;
9 ¡te obsequiará con la más bella guirnalda
y te coronará con ella!»
10 Atiende a mis palabras, hijo mío,
hazlas tuyas y aumentarán los años de tu vida.
11 Yo te llevaré por el camino de la sabiduría:
te haré andar por el buen camino,
12 en el que no habrá estorbos a tu paso,
en el que no tropezarás aun cuando corras.
13 Aférrate a la instrucción y no la descuides;
ponla en práctica, pues es vida para ti.
14 No vayas tras los pasos de los malvados,
no sigas su mala conducta.
15 Evita el pasar por su camino;
apártate de ellos y sigue adelante,
16 pues no están en paz si no hacen lo malo;
pierden el sueño, si no hacen caer a alguno.
17 ¡Su comida y su bebida
son la maldad y la violencia!
18 El camino de los justos es como la luz de un nuevo día:
va en aumento hasta brillar en todo su esplendor.
19 Pero el camino de los malvados es oscuro;
¡ni siquiera saben contra qué tropiezan!
20 Atiende a mis palabras, hijo mío;
préstales atención.
21 Jamás las pierdas de vista,
¡grábatelas en la mente!
22 Ellas dan vida y salud
a todo el que las halla.
23 Cuida tu mente más que nada en el mundo,
porque ella es fuente de vida.
24 Evita el decir cosas falsas;
apártate de la mentira.
25 Mira siempre adelante,
mira siempre de frente.
26 Fíjate bien en dónde pones los pies,
y siempre pisarás terreno firme.
27 No te desvíes de tu camino;
evita el andar en malos pasos.
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
English Standard Version
Proverbs 4
English Standard Version
A Father's Wise Instruction
4 (A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
and be attentive, that you may (B)gain[a] insight,
2 for I give you good (C)precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
(D)tender, (E)the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 he (F)taught me and said to me,
(G)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
(H)keep my commandments, and live.
5 (I)Get wisdom; get (J)insight;
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
(K)love her, and she will guard you.
7 (L)The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever you get, get (M)insight.
8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will (N)honor you (O)if you embrace her.
9 She will place on your head (P)a graceful garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
10 (Q)Hear, (R)my son, and accept my words,
that (S)the years of your life may be many.
11 I have (T)taught you the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, (U)your step will not be hampered,
and (V)if you run, you will not stumble.
13 (W)Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
guard her, for she is your (X)life.
14 (Y)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they (Z)cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
(AA)and drink the wine of violence.
18 But (AB)the path of the righteous is like (AC)the light of dawn,
which shines (AD)brighter and brighter until (AE)full day.
19 (AF)The way of the wicked is like deep (AG)darkness;
they do not know over what they (AH)stumble.
20 (AI)My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (AJ)Let them not escape from your sight;
(AK)keep them within your heart.
22 For they are (AL)life to those who find them,
and healing to all their[b] flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for (AM)from it flow (AN)the springs of life.
24 Put away from you (AO)crooked speech,
and put (AP)devious talk far from you.
25 (AQ)Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26 (AR)Ponder[c] the path of your feet;
(AS)then all your ways will be sure.
27 (AT)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:1 Hebrew know
- Proverbs 4:22 Hebrew his
- Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
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