1 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction and pay attention so that you may gain insight.
2 For I have given you good principles; do not discard my teaching!
3 For when I, too, was a young boy, and my mother fondly looked on me as special,
4 my father taught me and said to me: Treasure my words in your heart; listen to my directions and you will live.
5 Acquire wisdom and insight and do not forget or reject the words of my mouth.
6 Do not abandon wisdom for she will protect you. Love her and she will be your salvation.
7 The beginning of wisdom is to work to acquire it. At the cost of all you possess, strive to gain insight.
8 Hold her close, for she will exalt you and bring you honor if you embrace her.
9 She will crown you with grace and put a diadem of splendor on your head.
10 Listen, my son, and take my words to heart; then the years of your life will be multiplied.
11 Because I have taught you the way of wisdom and have guided you along honest ways,
12 you will walk with ease and run without falling.
13 Hold firm to discipline; never let her go. Guard her well for she is your salvation.
14 Do not follow the way of the wicked nor walk with evildoers.
15 Avoid them, turn your back on them and pass on.
16 For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; they cannot rest unless they have caused someone's downfall.
17 Wickedness is their bread and violence their wine.
18 The way of the upright is like the dawn that becomes brighter until the fullness of day.
19 The way of the wicked is total darkness and they do not notice that which will make them fall.
20 My son, be attentive and listen carefully to my words.
21 Never let them out of your sight but guard them in the bottom of your heart.
22 For they are life to those who cling to them and healing for the inner spirit.
23 Above all else, guard your heart, for therein is the source of life.
24 Keep your mouth from lies and let not deceit come from your lips.
25 Keep your sight on what is ahead and your eyes directed straight in front of you.
26 Test the ground under your feet and all your ways will be secure.
27 Turn neither to left nor to right and keep your path 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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