Proverbios 4:4

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez

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

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
y él me enseñaba y me decía: Retenga tu corazón mis palabras, guarda mis mandamientos y vivirás.

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Y �l me ense�aba, y me dec�a: Mantenga tu coraz�n mis razones, Guarda mis mandamientos, y vivir�s:

Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Y �l me ense�aba, y me dec�a: Sustente tu coraz�n mis razones, guarda mis mandamientos, y vivir�s.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

He: Proverbs 22:6, Genesis 18:19, 1 Chronicles 22:11-16, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Ephesians 6:4, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:15

Let: Proverbs 3:1, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 6:6, Psalms 119:11

keep: Proverbs 7:2, Leviticus 18:3-5, Isaiah 55:3, John 12:50, Hebrews 5:9

Reciprocal: Judges 13:12 - How shall we order the child Job 22:22 - lay up Psalms 37:31 - law Proverbs 4:11 - taught Proverbs 4:22 - life Proverbs 6:23 - the way Proverbs 10:17 - the way Proverbs 19:8 - he that keepeth Proverbs 22:17 - and hear Luke 2:19 - General John 15:7 - my 2 Timothy 1:13 - Hold

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He taught me also, and said unto me,.... The Targum is,

"they taught me,''

his father and his mother; and so the Septuagint version,

"who said and taught me;''

and the Arabic version,

"they both taught me, and said unto me;''

but in the Hebrew it is singular, and is restrained to the father. He taught him when he was very young, and also gave him instructions when he was older, and a little before his own death; see 1 Chronicles 28:8; he taught him by the several psalms he wrote; some of which are called "maschil", instructive or causing to understand; two of them particularly were written for him, the seventy-second and the hundred twenty-seventh psalms; he taught him in the following words. How far the words of David his father reach is not agreed on, on all hands; some think they end with Proverbs 4:5; others with Proverbs 4:6, others with the Proverbs 4:9, and the words of Solomon begin at Proverbs 4:10: some will have it that they take in the whole chapter, which is not probable; nay, others say that the whole of the book following is his, which can by no means be agreed to: it seems most likely to me that they end at Proverbs 4:6, and at most are not to be carried beyond Proverbs 4:9;

let thine heart retain my words: says David to his son: the instructions he gave him by word of mouth, concerning his moral behaviour, relating to political things, the government of the people; and especially such as concerned the everlasting welfare of his soul, or were about Wisdom or Christ, and the knowledge of divine and spiritual things; these he would have him lay up in his heart, and keep them there, as a rich treasure, to have recourse unto upon all occasions;

keep my commandments, and live: which commandments may respect him both in his private and public capacity, and in a religious and political one; how he should behave as a man, a king, and one that feared God: as well as they may respect his orders for the building of the temple, and settling and establishing the worship of God in it; by observing which he would live comfortably and honourably, and to a good old age.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.

Proverbs 4:7

Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.

Proverbs 4:12

The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.

Proverbs 4:13

She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.

Proverbs 4:16

A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.

Proverbs 4:17

i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.

Proverbs 4:18

Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.

Proverbs 4:19

Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.

Proverbs 4:20

The teacher speaks again in his own person.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 4:4. He taught me also, and said — Open thy heart to receive my instructions-receive them with affection; when heard, retain and practise them; and thou shalt live-the great purpose of thy being brought into the world shall be accomplished in thee.