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Proverbs 6-7
New International Version
Proverbs 6-7
New International Version
Warnings Against Folly
6 My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) for a stranger,
2 you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—[a]
and give your neighbor no rest!
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.(E)
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle(F) from the hand of the hunter,(G)
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(H)
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;(I)
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer(J)
and gathers its food at harvest.(K)
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(L)
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest(M)—
11 and poverty(N) will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
12 A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 who winks maliciously with his eye,(O)
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,(P)
14 who plots evil(Q) with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up conflict.(R)
15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;(S)
he will suddenly(T) be destroyed—without remedy.(U)
16 There are six things the Lord hates,(V)
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,(W)
a lying tongue,(X)
hands that shed innocent blood,(Y)
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,(Z)
19 a false witness(AA) who pours out lies(AB)
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.(AC)
Warning Against Adultery
20 My son,(AD) keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(AE)
21 Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.(AF)
22 When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,(AG)
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,(AH)
24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(AI)
25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
but another man’s wife preys on your very life.(AJ)
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps(AK) with another man’s wife;(AL)
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,(AM)
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery(AN) has no sense;(AO)
whoever does so destroys himself.
33 Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never(AP) be wiped away.
34 For jealousy(AQ) arouses a husband’s fury,(AR)
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.(AS)
Warning Against the Adulterous Woman
7 My son,(AT) keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and you will live;(AU)
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.(AV)
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(AW)
6 At the window of my house
I looked down through the lattice.
7 I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who had no sense.(AX)
8 He was going down the street near her corner,
walking along in the direction of her house
9 at twilight,(AY) as the day was fading,
as the dark of night set in.
10 Then out came a woman to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 (She is unruly(AZ) and defiant,
her feet never stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
at every corner she lurks.)(BA)
13 She took hold of him(BB) and kissed him
and with a brazen face she said:(BC)
14 “Today I fulfilled my vows,
and I have food from my fellowship offering(BD) at home.
15 So I came out to meet you;
I looked for you and have found you!
16 I have covered my bed
with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed(BE)
with myrrh,(BF) aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;
let’s enjoy ourselves with love!(BG)
19 My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon.”
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.(BH)
22 All at once he followed her
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[b] stepping into a noose[c](BI)
23 till an arrow pierces(BJ) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.(BK)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
- Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
- Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
箴言 6-7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
箴言 6-7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
日常警言
6 孩子啊，你若为邻人作保，
为外人击掌立约；
2 你若被自己口中的话套住，
被自己的诺言缠住，
3 孩子啊，你已落入邻人的手中，
你当如此自救：
要谦卑地向他求情。
4 勿让你的眼睛睡觉，
莫叫你的眼皮打盹。
5 要救自己脱离困境，
像羚羊挣脱猎人的手，
飞鸟逃脱捕鸟人的手。
6 懒惰的人啊，去看看蚂蚁，
观察它的生活，就会有智慧。
7 蚂蚁没有元帅，
没有官长，
也没有君王，
8 却在夏季储备粮食，
在收割时积聚食物。
9 懒惰的人啊，你要躺到何时？
要睡到何时才起床？
10 再睡一会儿，再打个盹儿，
抱着手躺一会儿，
11 贫穷要像盗贼一样攻击你，
缺乏要像武士一样扑向你。
12 无赖与恶人满口诡诈，
13 挤眉弄眼，手脚示意，
14 心术不正，设下诡计，惹事生非。
15 因此，灾难必突然临到，
他们顷刻之间遭到毁灭，
无可挽救。
16 耶和华所憎恶的事有六样，
连祂厌恶的事共有七样：
17 高傲的眼睛，
撒谎的舌头，
杀害无辜的手，
18 图谋诡计的心，
奔跑作恶的脚，
19 撒谎的假证人和在弟兄中挑起争端的人。
20 孩子啊，要遵守你父亲的诫命，
不可背弃你母亲的训言。
21 你要常常将这些刻在心坎上，
系在颈项上。
22 你行走，它们必引领你；
你躺卧，它们必护卫你；
你醒来，它们必与你交谈。
23 因为诫命是灯，训言是光，
管教责备是生命之道，
24 能使你远离邪恶的女人，
避开油嘴滑舌的妓女。
25 你的心不要贪恋她的美色，
也不要被她的媚眼所迷惑，
26 因为娼妓会使人倾家荡产[a]，
淫妇会猎杀人宝贵的生命。
27 人若将火藏在怀中，
哪能不烧着衣服呢？
28 人若行走在火炭上，
哪能不烫伤双脚呢？
29 与别人妻子通奸也是这样，
凡靠近她的必难逃罪责。
30 贼因充饥而偷，
没有人藐视他；
31 但若被抓到，他要偿还七倍，
就是倾家荡产也要偿还。
32 和有夫之妇通奸的，
实在愚不可及，
他是自寻死路。
33 他必挨打，受辱，
他的耻辱永难抹去。
34 那丈夫妒火燃烧，
报仇时绝不留情。
35 赔他再多财物，他也不会接受；
送他再多礼物，他都不肯罢休。
要远离淫妇
7 孩子啊，你要遵从我的吩咐，
把我的诫命珍藏在心中。
2 遵守我的诫命，你便存活。
要爱护我的训言，
如爱护眼中的瞳仁。
3 要系在你的指头上，
刻在你的心版上。
4 你要把智慧当作姊妹，
将悟性视为亲人。
5 她们能使你远离淫妇，
远离妓女的甜言蜜语。
6 我曾在家里的窗前，
透过窗棂往外观看，
7 只见在愚昧的青年人中，
有个无知的青年，
8 他穿过靠近淫妇的巷口，
朝她的家门走去，
9 趁着日暮黄昏，
借着夜色昏暗。
10 看啊！一个妓女打扮、
心术不正的女子出来迎接他。
11 她喧嚷放荡，不安分守家，
12 有时在街上，有时在广场，
或在各巷口守候。
13 她缠着那青年，与他亲吻，
厚颜无耻地说：
14 “我今天刚献祭还了愿，
家里有平安祭肉[b]，
15 因此我出来四处寻找你，
终于找到了你！
16 我已经铺好了床，
铺上了埃及的绣花布，
17 又用没药、沉香、肉桂熏了床。
18 来吧，让我们通宵畅饮爱情，
让我们尽情欢爱！
19 因为我丈夫不在家，出远门了。
20 他带着钱囊去了，月底才回来。”
21 淫妇花言巧语勾引他，
用谄媚的话语诱惑他。
22 那青年立刻随她而去，
像走向屠宰场的公牛，
又像掉入陷阱的雄鹿，
23 直等到利箭射穿他的肝。
他像只自投网罗的飞鸟，
浑然不知要赔上性命！
24 孩子们啊，你们要听从我的话，
留意我口中的训言，
25 别让你的心偏向淫妇的道，
步入她的歧途。
26 因为她使许多人丧命，
被她杀害的数目众多。
27 她的家是通往阴间的路，
引人坠入死亡的殿。
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