1 Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;
2 for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 he taught me, and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live;
5 do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
9 She will place on your head a fair garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."
10 Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
11 I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Keep hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to him who finds them, and healing to all his flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
26 Take heed to the path of your feet, then all your ways will be sure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
Versículos relacionados com Proverbs, 4:
Chapter 4 of the Book of Proverbs deals with the importance of wisdom and discipline in life, as well as the consequences of following the right or wrong path. The following verses are related to the topics addressed in Proverbs 4:
Psalm 1:1-3: "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the Council of the wicked, nor does he hold on the way to sinners, nor rest on the chair of the scoffers; but his pleasure in the law of the Lord, and his law, and in his law, and his law Meditates day and night. It will be like the tree planted by the water streams, which bears its fruit at its own season, and whose leaves do not fall; and everything he will prosper. " This psalm shows the importance of following the right way, which is the law of the Lord, to be blessed and prosper.
Proverbs 3:11-12: "My Son, the Lord's correction, nor is it discouraged when you are rebuked by him. For the Lord corrects whom he loves, as well as the Father to the Son to whom he wants well." Here we see the importance of discipline and correction in life, which can be painful, but are necessary to make us grow and become better.
Proverbs 10:17: "The way to life is one who keeps instruction, but what abandons rebuke goes wrong." This verse shows how to follow instruction and correction is essential to going the right way and having life.
Proverbs 16:16: "How is it better to acquire wisdom than gold! And acquiring understanding is silver preferable." This verse reinforces the importance of wisdom, which is a greater treasure than any material wealth.
James 1:5: "And if any of you are lacking wisdom, ask it to God, who gives all liberally and does not reproach him; and will be granted to him." Here we see that wisdom is not something we can acquire alone, but we must ask God that it generously grants it to those who ask.
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