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.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed
- Proverbs 4:18 Lit. light
- Proverbs 4:24 devious
Proverbia 4
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
4 Audite, filii, disciplinam patris, et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.
2 Donum bonum tribuam vobis: legem meam ne derelinquatis.
3 Nam et ego filius fui patris mei, tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea.
4 Et docebat me, atque dicebat: Suscipiat verba mea cor tuum; custodi praecepta mea, et vives.
5 Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam: ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.
6 Ne dimittas eam, et custodiet te: dilige eam, et conservabit te.
7 Principium sapientiae: posside sapientiam, et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam.
8 Arripe illam, et exaltabit te; glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus.
9 Dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum, et corona inclyta proteget te.
10 Audi, fili mi, et suscipe verba mea, ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitae.
11 Viam sapientiae monstrabo tibi; ducam te per semitas aequitatis:
12 quas cum ingressus fueris, non arctabuntur gressus tui, et currens non habebis offendiculum.
13 Tene disciplinam, ne dimittas eam; custodi illam, quia ipsa est vita tua.
14 Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum, nec tibi placeat malorum via.
15 Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam; declina, et desere eam.
16 Non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint, et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi supplantaverint.
17 Comedunt panem impietatis, et vinum iniquitatis bibunt.
18 Justorum autem semita quasi lux splendens procedit, et crescit usque ad perfectam diem.
19 Via impiorum tenebrosa; nesciunt ubi corruant.
20 Fili mi, ausculta sermones meos, et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam.
21 Ne recedant ab oculis tuis: custodi ea in medio cordis tui:
22 vita enim sunt invenientibus ea, et universae carni sanitas.
23 Omni custodia serva cor tuum, quia ex ipso vita procedit.
24 Remove a te os pravum, et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.
25 Oculi tui recta videant, et palpebrae tuae praecedant gressus tuos.
26 Dirige semitam pedibus tuis, et omnes viae tuae stabilientur.
27 Ne declines ad dexteram neque ad sinistram; averte pedem tuum a malo: vias enim quae a dextris sunt novit Dominus: perversae vero sunt quae a sinistris sunt. Ipse autem rectos faciet cursus tuos, itinera autem tua in pace producet.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
