Proverbs

1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler.Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,but every fool will be quarreling.

4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love,but who can find a faithful man?

7A righteous man walks in integrity.Blessed are his children after him.

8A king who sits on the throne of judgmentscatters away all evil with his eyes.

9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure.I am clean and without sin”?

10Differing weights and differing measures,both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

11Even a child makes himself known by his doings,whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,the LORD has made even both of them.

13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

15There is gold and abundance of rubies,but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

18Plans are established by advice;by wise guidance you wage war!

19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

20Whoever curses his father or his mother,his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginningwon’t be blessed in the end.

22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.”Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.

23The LORD detests differing weights,and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

24A man’s steps are from the LORD;how then can man understand his way?

25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication,then later to consider his vows.

26A wise king winnows out the wicked,and drives the threshing wheel over them.

27The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp,searching all his innermost parts.

28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe.His throne is sustained by love.

29The glory of young men is their strength.The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

30Wounding blows cleanse away evil,and beatings purge the innermost parts.

1kẻ nào vướng vào đó, đâu còn là người khôn.

2kẻ làm vua nổi giận là làm hại chính mình.

3mọi kẻ ngu đều hay sinh sự.

4đến mùa gặt, nó tìm kiếm cũng uổng công.

5người hiểu biết mới kín múc được.

6nhưng người thành tín, nào ai kiếm cho ra ?

7phúc cho đàn con nối dõi tông đường !

8đưa mắt sàng lọc mọi xấu xa.

9và tôi đã sạch tội rồi !”

10ĐỨC CHÚA ghê tởm cả hai.

11tính hạnh đứa trẻ có trong sáng thẳng ngay.

12ĐỨC CHÚA làm nên cả hai.

13chong mắt thức, bạn sẽ được cơm bánh no nê.

14lúc đi khỏi, lại tự khen mua được giá hời !

15miệng lưỡi thông thái : thật hiếm hoi !

16phải đòi người đó vật thế chân.

17nhưng sau đó, miệng nó đầy đá sỏi.

18lúc giao tranh, hãy nghe lời cố vấn.

19vậy đừng giao du với kẻ lắm lời.

20ngay giữa đêm khuya, đèn nó bị tắt ngúm.

21thì về sau sẽ không được chúc phúc.

22Hãy cậy trông ĐỨC CHÚA, Người sẽ cứu bạn.

23bàn cân gian dối, nào tốt đẹp chi !

24nẻo đời mình, phàm nhân sao hiểu hết.

25rồi sau đó lại tiếc nuối nghĩ suy.

26cho bánh xe cán lên bọn chúng.

27dò xét mọi ngõ ngách tâm can.

28nhờ nhân ái, ngai vàng người bền vững.

29mái đầu bạc là vinh dự của hàng bô lão.

30và roi vọt thấu đến tận cõi lòng.