10 (A)Hear, (B)my son, and accept my words,
    that (C)the years of your life may be many.
11 I have (D)taught you the way of wisdom;
    I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, (E)your step will not be hampered,
    and (F)if you run, you will not stumble.
13 (G)Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
    guard her, for she is your (H)life.

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The Right Path

10 Listen, my child, take my sayings,
    and the years of your life shall be great.
11 In the way of wisdom I have instructed you;
    I have led you in the path of uprightness.
12 When you walk,[a] your step will not be hampered,
    and if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Seize the instruction! Do not let go!
    Guard her, for she is your life.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 4:12 Literally “In your walking”

20 (A)My son, be attentive to my words;
    incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (B)Let them not escape from your sight;
    (C)keep them within your heart.
22 For they are (D)life to those who find them,
    and healing to all their[a] flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for (E)from it flow (F)the springs of life.
24 Put away from you (G)crooked speech,
    and put (H)devious talk far from you.
25 (I)Let your eyes look directly forward,
    and your gaze be straight before you.
26 (J)Ponder[b] the path of your feet;
    (K)then all your ways will be sure.
27 (L)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 4:22 Hebrew his
  2. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level

Staying the Course

20 My child, be attentive to my words;
    to my sayings incline your ear.
21 May they not escape from your sight;[a]
    keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them
    and healing to the entire body.[b]
23 With all vigilance, keep your heart,
    for from it comes the source[c] of life.
24 Remove from yourself deceitful speech,[d]
    and abolish devious talk[e] from yourself.
25 May your eyes look forward[f]
    and your gaze be straight before you.
26 May the path of your foot be balanced
    and all your ways be sure.
27 Do not swerve right or left;
    remove your foot from evil.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 4:21 Literally “eyes”
  2. Proverbs 4:22 Literally “for all his flesh”
  3. Proverbs 4:23 Or “extremity”
  4. Proverbs 4:24 Literally “crookedness of mouth”
  5. Proverbs 4:24 Literally “deviousness of lips”
  6. Proverbs 4:25 Or “opposite”