Proverbs 4
Names of God Bible
Cherish Wisdom
4 Sons,
listen to your father’s discipline,
and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
2 After all, I have taught you well.
Do not abandon my teachings.
3 When I was a boy learning from my father,
when I was a tender and only child of my mother,
4 they used to teach me and say to me,
“Cling to my words wholeheartedly.
Obey my commands so that you may live.
5 Acquire wisdom.
Acquire understanding.
Do not forget.
Do not turn away from the words that I have spoken.
6 Do not abandon wisdom, and it will watch over you.
Love wisdom, and it will protect you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is to acquire wisdom.
Acquire understanding with all that you have.
8 Cherish wisdom.
It will raise you up.
It will bring you honor when you embrace it.
9 It will give you a graceful garland for your head.
It will hand you a beautiful crown.”
Stay on the Path of Wisdom
10 My son,
listen and accept my words,
and they will multiply the years of your life.
11 I have taught you the way of wisdom.
I have guided you along decent paths.
12 When you walk, your stride will not be hampered.
Even if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Cling to discipline.
Do not relax your grip on it.
Keep it because it is your life.
14 Do not stray onto the path of wicked people.
Do not walk in the way of evil people.
15 Avoid it.
Do not walk near it.
Turn away from it,
and keep on walking.
16 Wicked people cannot sleep
unless they do wrong,
and they are robbed of their sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
17 They eat food obtained through wrongdoing
and drink wine obtained through violence.
18 But the path of righteous people is like the light of dawn
that becomes brighter and brighter until it reaches midday.
19 The way of wicked people is like deep darkness.
They do not know what makes them stumble.
Stay Focused on Wisdom
20 My son,
pay attention to my words.
Open your ears to what I say.
21 Do not lose sight of these things.
Keep them deep within your heart
22 because they are life to those who find them
and they heal the whole body.
23 Guard your heart more than anything else,
because the source of your life flows from it.
24 Remove dishonesty from your mouth.
Put deceptive speech far away from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead
and your sight be focused in front of you.
26 Carefully walk a straight path,
and all your ways will be secure.
27 Do not lean to the right or to the left.
Walk away from evil.
箴言 4
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
持定训诲、不偏左右
4 孩子们，要听父亲的教训，
留心学习哲理；
2 因为我授予你们的，是美好的学问，
我的训诲，你们不可离弃。
3 我在我父亲面前还是小孩子，
在我母亲面前是独一的娇儿的时候，
4 父亲教导我，对我说：
“你的心要持守我的话，
你要遵守我的诫命，就可以存活；
5 要求取智慧和哲理，
不可忘记，也不可偏离我口中的话。
6 不可离弃智慧，智慧就必护卫你；
喜爱智慧，智慧就必看顾你。
7 智慧的开端（“智慧的开端”或译：“智慧是首要的”）是求取智慧，
要用你所得的一切换取哲理。
8 你要高举智慧，智慧就必使你高升；
你要怀抱智慧，智慧就必使你得尊荣。
9 智慧必把华冠加在你头上，
把荣冕赐给你。”
10 我儿，你要听，并要接受我所说的，
这样，你就必延年益寿。
11 我指教你走智慧的道，
引导你行正直的路。
12 你行走的时候，脚步必不会受阻碍；
你奔跑的时候，也不会跌倒。
13 你要坚守教训，不可放松；
要谨守教训，因为那是你的生命。
14 不可走进恶人的路径，
不可踏上坏人的道路。
15 要躲避，不可从那里经过，
要转身离去。
16 因为他们不行恶，就不能入睡；
不使人跌倒，就要失眠。
17 他们吃的，是奸恶的饭；
他们喝的，是强暴的酒。
18 义人的路径却像黎明的曙光，
越来越明亮，直到日午。
19 恶人的道路幽暗，
他们不知道自己因甚么跌倒。
20 我儿，要留心听我的话，
侧耳听我所说的。
21 不可让它们离开你的眼目，
要谨记在你的心中。
22 因为得着它们就是得着生命，
整个人也得着医治。
23 你要谨守你的心，胜过谨守一切，
因为生命的泉源由此而出。
24 你要除掉欺诈的口，
远离乖谬的嘴唇。
25 你双眼要向前正视，
你的眼睛要向前直望。
26 你要谨慎你脚下的路径，
你一切所行的就必稳妥。
27 不可偏左偏右，
要使你的脚远离恶事。
The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group.
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