Proverbios 4:1

1 Oíd, hijos, la instrucción de un padre, y prestad atención para que ganéis entendimiento,

Proverbios 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:1

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father
Either of God their father, as Gersom interprets it; or rather of Solomon their father: and so he recommends his instruction from the relation he stood in to them; for, since he was their father, he would give them no bad instruction; and, since they were his children, they ought to receive it: by whom are meant, not his children in a natural sense, or the children of his body; but his disciples, such who applied to him for knowledge, and whom he undertook to learn; and attend to know understanding;
what would serve to enlighten, enlarge, improve, and inform their understandings; what would lead them into the knowledge and understanding of things divine and spiritual, and which would be worth knowing; and of having their understandings stored and enriched with.

Proverbios 4:1 In-Context

1 Oíd, hijos, la instrucción de un padre, y prestad atención para que ganéis entendimiento,

2 porque os doy buena enseñanza; no abandonéis mi instrucción.

3 También yo fui hijo para mi padre, tierno y único a los ojos de mi madre,

4 y él me enseñaba y me decía: Retenga tu corazón mis palabras, guarda mis mandamientos y vivirás.

5 Adquiere sabiduría, adquiere inteligencia; no te olvides ni te apartes de las palabras de mi boca.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit., conozcis