智慧的益处

孩子啊,
    你若接受我的教诲,
    珍爱我的诫命,
侧耳聆听智慧,
    倾心渴慕悟性;
你若呼求洞见,
    竭力追求悟性,
寻它如寻银子,
    找它如找宝藏,
你就会懂得敬畏耶和华,
    认识上帝。
因为耶和华赐人智慧,
    知识和悟性出自祂的口。
祂使正直人充满智慧,
    是行为纯全者的盾牌。
祂看守正义之路,
    护卫虔诚人的道。
这样,你就明白何为仁义、
    公平和正直,
    懂得一切美善之道。
10 因为智慧必进入你心,
    知识必令你的灵欢快。
11 明辨力必护佑你,
    悟性必看顾你。
12 智慧必救你远离恶道,
    脱离言语荒谬的人。
13 他们舍弃正道,走上黑路,
14 以行恶为乐,喜爱恶人的邪僻;
15 他们的道路歪邪,行径扭曲。

16 智慧要救你脱离淫妇,
    脱离花言巧语的妓女。
17 她撇弃了年轻时的丈夫,
    忘了在上帝面前立的约。
18 她的家通向死亡,
    她的路直达阴间。
19 到她那里的人都有去无回,
    找不到生命之道。
20 所以你要行善人的路,
    守义人的道。
21 因为在地上,
    正直人必安居,
    纯全无过的人必长存,
22 恶人必遭灭绝,
    奸徒必被铲除。

1 Wisdom exhorteth to obey her. 5 She teacheth the fear of God. 6 She is given of God. 10 She preserveth from wickedness.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and [a]hide my commandments within thee,

And cause thine ears to hearken unto wisdom, and incline [b]thine heart to understanding,

(For if thou callest after knowledge, [c]and cryest for understanding:

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for [d]treasures,

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the [e]knowledge of God.

For the Lord giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

He [f]preserveth the state of the righteous, he is a shield to them that walk uprightly,

That they may keep the ways of judgment: and he preserveth the way of his Saints).

Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

10 ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge delighteth thy soul,

11 Then shall [g]counsel preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee,

12 And deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

13 And from them that leave the [h]ways of righteousness to walk in the ways of darkness:

14 Which rejoice in doing evil, and delight [i]in the frowardness of the wicked,

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they are lewd in their paths.

16 And it shall deliver thee from the strange [j]woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

17 Which forsaketh the [k]guide of her youth, and forgetteth the [l]covenant of her God.

18 Surely her [m]house tendeth to death, and her paths unto [n]the dead.

19 All they that go unto her, return not again, neither take they hold of the ways of life.

20 Therefore walk thou in the way of good men, and keep the ways of the righteous.

21 For the just shall dwell in the [o]land, and the upright men shall remain in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressor shall be rooted out of it.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:1 That is, keep them in thine heart.
  2. Proverbs 2:2 If thou give thyself to the true knowledge of God without hypocrisy.
  3. Proverbs 2:3 Meaning, that we must seek the knowledge of God with care and diligence.
  4. Proverbs 2:4 Showing that no labor must be spared.
  5. Proverbs 2:5 This (saith he) is the true wisdom, to know and fear God.
  6. Proverbs 2:7 Or, hideth the salvation.
  7. Proverbs 2:11 The word of God shall teach thee, and counsel thee how to govern thyself.
  8. Proverbs 2:13 That is, the word of God, which is the only light, to follow their own fantasies which are darkness.
  9. Proverbs 2:14 When they see any given to evil as they are.
  10. Proverbs 2:16 Meaning, that wisdom which is the word of God, shall preserve us from all vices: naming this vice of whoredom whereunto man is most prone.
  11. Proverbs 2:17 That is, her husband, which is her head and guide to govern her, from whom she ought not to depart, but remain in his subjection.
  12. Proverbs 2:17 Which is the promise made in marriage.
  13. Proverbs 2:18 Her acquaintance with her familiars, and them that haunt her.
  14. Proverbs 2:18 To them that are dead in body and soul.
  15. Proverbs 2:21 They shall enjoy the temporal and spiritual promises of God, as the wicked shall be void of them.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.