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毋作保

我儿,你若为朋友作保,替外人击掌, 你就被口中的话语缠住,被嘴里的言语捉住。 我儿,你既落在朋友手中,就当这样行,才可救自己:你要自卑,去恳求你的朋友。 不要容你的眼睛睡觉,不要容你的眼皮打盹, 要救自己如鹿脱离猎户的手,如鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。

毋怠惰

懒惰人哪,你去察看蚂蚁的动作,就可得智慧。 蚂蚁没有元帅,没有官长,没有君王, 尚且在夏天预备食物,在收割时聚敛粮食。 懒惰人哪,你要睡到几时呢?你何时睡醒呢? 10 再睡片时,打盹片时,抱着手躺卧片时, 11 你的贫穷就必如强盗速来,你的缺乏仿佛拿兵器的人来到。

为恶必受报

12 无赖的恶徒,行动就用乖僻的口, 13 用眼传神,用脚示意,用指点划, 14 心中乖僻,常设恶谋,布散分争。 15 所以灾难必忽然临到他身,他必顷刻败坏,无法可治。 16 耶和华所恨恶的有六样,连他心所憎恶的共有七样, 17 就是高傲的眼,撒谎的舌,流无辜人血的手, 18 图谋恶计的心,飞跑行恶的脚, 19 吐谎言的假见证,并弟兄中布散分争的人。

惑于淫妇患莫大焉

20 我儿,要谨守你父亲的诫命,不可离弃你母亲的法则[a] 21 要常系在你心上,挂在你项上。 22 你行走,它必引导你;你躺卧,它必保守你;你睡醒,它必与你谈论。 23 因为诫命是灯,法则[b]是光,训诲的责备是生命的道, 24 能保你远离恶妇,远离外女谄媚的舌头。 25 你心中不要恋慕她的美色,也不要被她眼皮勾引。 26 因为妓女能使人只剩一块饼,淫妇猎取人宝贵的生命。 27 人若怀里揣火,衣服岂能不烧呢? 28 人若在火炭上走,脚岂能不烫呢? 29 亲近邻舍之妻的也是如此,凡挨近她的不免受罚。 30 贼因饥饿偷窃充饥,人不藐视他, 31 若被找着,他必赔还七倍,必将家中所有的尽都偿还。 32 与妇人行淫的便是无知,行这事的必丧掉生命。 33 他必受伤损,必被凌辱,他的羞耻不得涂抹。 34 因为人的嫉恨成了烈怒,报仇的时候决不留情。 35 什么赎价他都不顾,你虽送许多礼物,他也不肯干休。

Footnotes

  1. 箴言 6:20 或作:指教。
  2. 箴言 6:23 或作:指教。

日常警言

孩子啊,你若为邻人作保,
    为外人击掌立约;
你若被自己口中的话套住,
    被自己的诺言缠住,
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。
勿让你的眼睛睡觉,
    莫叫你的眼皮打盹。
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。

懒惰的人啊,去看看蚂蚁,
    观察它的生活,就会有智慧。
蚂蚁没有元帅,
    没有官长,
    也没有君王,
却在夏季储备粮食,
    在收割时积聚食物。
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。

Footnotes

  1. 6:26 娼妓会使人倾家荡产”或译“娼妓的淫资不过是一个饼”。

Warnings Against Folly

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,
you have been trapped by what you said,
    ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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!
Allow no sleep to your eyes,
    no slumber to your eyelids.(E)
Free yourself, like a gazelle(F) from the hand of the hunter,(G)
    like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(H)

Go to the ant, you sluggard;(I)
    consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer(J)
    and gathers its food at harvest.(K)

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)

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,