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劝世箴言

22 美名胜过大财,恩宠强如金银。 富户穷人在世相遇,都为耶和华所造。 通达人见祸藏躲,愚蒙人前往受害。 敬畏耶和华心存谦卑,就得富有、尊荣、生命为赏赐。 乖僻人的路上有荆棘和网罗,保守自己生命的必要远离。 教养孩童,使他走当行的道,就是到老他也不偏离。 富户管辖穷人,欠债的是债主的仆人。 撒罪孽的必收灾祸,他逞怒的杖也必废掉。 眼目慈善的就必蒙福,因他将食物分给穷人。 10 赶出亵慢人,争端就消除,纷争和羞辱也必止息。 11 喜爱清心的人,因他嘴上的恩言,王必与他为友。 12 耶和华的眼目眷顾聪明人,却倾败奸诈人的言语。 13 懒惰人说:“外头有狮子,我在街上就必被杀!” 14 淫妇的口为深坑,耶和华所憎恶的必陷在其中。 15 愚蒙迷住孩童的心,用管教的杖可以远远赶除。 16 欺压贫穷为要利己的,并送礼于富户的,都必缺乏。

17 你须侧耳听受智慧人的言语,留心领会我的知识。 18 你若心中存记,嘴上咬定,这便为美。 19 我今日以此特别指教你,为要使你倚靠耶和华。 20 谋略和知识的美事,我岂没有写给你吗? 21 要使你知道真言的实理,你好将真言回复那打发你来的人。

22 贫穷人,你不可因他贫穷就抢夺他的物,也不可在城门口欺压困苦人。 23 因耶和华必为他辨屈,抢夺他的,耶和华必夺取那人的命。 24 好生气的人,不可与他结交;暴怒的人,不可与他来往。 25 恐怕你效法他的行为,自己就陷在网罗里。 26 不要与人击掌,不要为欠债的作保。 27 你若没有什么偿还,何必使人夺去你睡卧的床呢? 28 你先祖所立的地界,你不可挪移。 29 你看见办事殷勤的人吗?他必站在君王面前,必不站在下贱人面前。

The Value of a Good Name

22 A (A)good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

The (B)rich and the poor have this in common,
The (C)Lord is the maker of them all.

A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are (D)punished.

By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

(E)Train up a child in the way he should go,
[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.

The (F)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

He who sows iniquity will reap (G)sorrow,[b]
And the rod of his anger will fail.

(H)He who has a [c]generous eye will be (I)blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

10 (J)Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.

11 (K)He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.

12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.

13 (L)The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”

14 (M)The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
(N)He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.

15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(O)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Sayings of the Wise

17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord;
I have instructed you today, even you.
20 Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
21 (P)That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
(Q)That you may answer words of truth
To those who [d]send to you?

22 Do not rob the (R)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 (S)For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a (T)furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.

26 (U)Do not be one of those who [e]shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is [f]surety for debts;
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?

28 (V)Do not remove the ancient [g]landmark
Which your fathers have set.

29 Do you see a man who [h]excels in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before [i]unknown men.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:6 Even
  2. Proverbs 22:8 trouble
  3. Proverbs 22:9 Lit. good
  4. Proverbs 22:21 Or send you
  5. Proverbs 22:26 Lit. strikes
  6. Proverbs 22:26 guaranty
  7. Proverbs 22:28 boundary
  8. Proverbs 22:29 is prompt in his business
  9. Proverbs 22:29 obscure