Proverbios 4:18-27

18 Mas la vereda de los justos es como la luz del lucero, que va en aumento hasta que el día es perfecto

19 El camino de los impíos es como la oscuridad; no saben en qué tropiezan

20 Hijo mío, está atento a mis palabras; inclina tu oído a mis razones

21 No se aparten de tus ojos; guárdalas en medio de tu corazón

22 Porque son vida a los que las hallan, y medicina a toda su carne

23 Sobre toda cosa guardada, guarda tu corazón; porque de él mana la vida

24 Aparta de ti la perversidad de la boca, y aleja de ti la desviación de los labios

25 Tus ojos miren lo recto, y tus párpados enderecen tu camino delante de ti

26 Pesa la vereda de tus pies, y todos tus caminos sean ordenados

27 No te desvíes a diestra, ni a siniestra; aparta tu pie del mal

Proverbios 4:18-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 4

In this chapter Solomon advises to seek after wisdom, to avoid bad company, and to continue in the right paths of goodness and truth: he excites attention to what he had to say, from the relation he stood in to the persons addressed; from the nature of his instructions, which were good and profitable; and from his own example, in attending to those his parents gave him, Pr 4:1-4; He exhorts above all things to get wisdom, from the superior excellency of it, and from the preservation, promotion, and honour, to be had by it, Pr 4:5-9; and he further enforces big exhortations, from their being the means of a comfortable life, and of the prolongation of it, and of leading in a right way without straitness or stumbling, Pr 4:10-13. And then proceeds to caution against bad company, and going into a bad way of life; which is enforced from the mischief done by those that walk in it, and from the darkness of it, to which the path of the just is opposed, Pr 4:14-19. And the exhortation to attend to and observe his instructions, and keep them, is repeated, from the consideration of their being life and health to them, Pr 4:20-22; and that they might be preserved, and not departed from, direction's are given about ordering the heart, mouth, lips, eyes, and feet, Pr 4:23-27.