Proverbs

The Benefits of Wisdom

1My son, if you accept my wordsand hide my commandments within you,

2if you incline your ear to wisdomand direct your heart to understanding,

3if you truly call out to insightand lift your voice to understanding,

4if you seek it like silverand search it out like hidden treasure,

5then you will discern the fear of the LORDand discover the knowledge of God.

6For the LORD gives wisdom;from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

8to guard the paths of justiceand protect the way of His saints.

9Then you will discern righteousnessand justice and equity—every good path.

10For wisdom will enter your heart,and knowledge will delight your soul.

11Discretion will watch over you,and understanding will guard you,

12to deliver you from the way of evil,from the man who speaks perversity,

13from those who leave the straight pathsto walk in the ways of darkness,

14from those who enjoy doing eviland rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

15whose paths are crookedand whose ways are devious.

16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman,from the strangerwith seductive words

17who abandons the partner of her youthand forgets the covenant of her God.

18For her house sinks down to death,and her tracks to the departed spirits.

19None who go to her returnor negotiate the paths of life.

20So you will follow in the ways of the good,and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21For the upright will inhabit the land,and the blameless will remain in it;

22but the wicked will be cut off from the land,and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

智慧的赏赐

1我儿，你若领受我的言语， 存记我的命令，

2侧耳听智慧， 专心求聪明，

3呼求明哲， 扬声求聪明，

4寻找它，如寻找银子， 搜求它，如搜求隐藏的珍宝，

5你就明白敬畏耶和华， 得以认识 神。

6因为，耶和华赐人智慧； 知识和聪明都由他口而出。

7他给正直人存留真智慧， 给行为纯正的人作盾牌，

8为要保守公平人的路， 护庇虔敬人的道。

9你也必明白仁义、公平、 正直、一切的善道。

10智慧必入你心； 你的灵要以知识为美。

11谋略必护卫你； 聪明必保守你，

12要救你脱离恶道， 脱离说乖谬话的人。

13那等人舍弃正直的路， 行走黑暗的道，

14欢喜作恶， 喜爱恶人的乖僻，

15在他们的道中弯曲， 在他们的路上偏僻。

16智慧要救你脱离淫妇， 就是那油嘴滑舌的外女。

17她离弃幼年的配偶， 忘了 神的盟约。

18她的家陷入死地； 她的路偏向阴间。

19凡到她那里去的，不得转回， 也得不着生命的路。

20智慧必使你行善人的道， 守义人的路。

21正直人必在世上居住； 完全人必在地上存留。

22惟有恶人必然剪除； 奸诈的，必然拔出。