Proverbios 4:19-27

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 4:19-27 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.