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;
²For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
³When 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.
⁶Do 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.
⁹She will place on your head ^(I)an ornament of grace;
A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”

¹⁰Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
^(J)And the years of your life will be many.
¹¹I have ^(K)taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in right paths.
¹²When you walk, ^(L)your steps will not be hindered,
^(M)And when you run, you will not stumble.
¹³Take 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.
¹⁵Avoid 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.
¹⁷For 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.

²⁰My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
²²For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
²³Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of ^(S)life.
²⁴Put away from you a ^[c]deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.
²⁵Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
²⁶Ponder the path of your ^(T)feet,
And let all your ways be established.
²⁷Do 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

John 5:16-30

New King James Version

Honor the Father and the Son

¹⁶For this reason the Jews ^(A)persecuted Jesus, ^[a]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them, ^(B)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

¹⁸Therefore the Jews ^(C)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^(D)making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(E)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰For ^(F)the Father loves the Son, and ^(G)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^(H)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ²²For the Father judges no one, but ^(I)has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(J)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

²⁴“Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(K)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^(L)but has passed from death into life. ²⁵Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^(M)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ²⁶For ^(N)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have ^(O)life in Himself, ²⁷and ^(P)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^(Q)because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ^(R)hear His voice ²⁹^(S)and come forth—^(T)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ³⁰^(U)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because ^(V)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.