Proverbs

1智慧妇人建立家室； 愚妄妇人亲手拆毁。

2行动正直的，敬畏耶和华； 行事乖僻的，却藐视他。

3愚妄人口中骄傲，如杖责打己身； 智慧人的嘴必保守自己。

4家里无牛，槽头干净； 土产加多乃凭牛力。

5诚实见证人不说谎话； 假见证人吐出谎言。

6亵慢人寻智慧，却寻不着； 聪明人易得知识。

7到愚昧人面前， 不见他嘴中有知识。

8通达人的智慧在乎明白己道； 愚昧人的愚妄乃是诡诈。

9愚妄人犯罪，以为戏耍； 正直人互相喜悦。

10心中的苦楚，自己知道； 心里的喜乐，外人无干。

11奸恶人的房屋必倾倒； 正直人的帐棚必兴盛。

12有一条路，人以为正， 至终成为死亡之路。

13人在喜笑中，心也忧愁； 快乐至极就生愁苦。

14心中背道的，必满得自己的结果； 善人必从自己的行为得以知足。

15愚蒙人是话都信； 通达人步步谨慎。

16智慧人惧怕，就远离恶事； 愚妄人却狂傲自恃。

17轻易发怒的，行事愚妄； 设立诡计的，被人恨恶。

18愚蒙人得愚昧为产业； 通达人得知识为冠冕。

19坏人俯伏在善人面前； 恶人俯伏在义人门口。

20贫穷人连邻舍也恨他； 富足人朋友最多。

21藐视邻舍的，这人有罪； 怜悯贫穷的，这人有福。

22谋恶的，岂非走入迷途吗？ 谋善的，必得慈爱和诚实。

23诸般勤劳都有益处； 嘴上多言乃致穷乏。

24智慧人的财为自己的冠冕； 愚妄人的愚昧终是愚昧。

25作真见证的，救人性命； 吐出谎言的，施行诡诈。

26敬畏耶和华的，大有倚靠； 他的儿女也有避难所。

27敬畏耶和华就是生命的泉源， 可以使人离开死亡的网罗。

28帝王荣耀在乎民多； 君王衰败在乎民少。

29不轻易发怒的，大有聪明； 性情暴躁的，大显愚妄。

30心中安静是肉体的生命； 嫉妒是骨中的朽烂。

31欺压贫寒的，是辱没造他的主； 怜悯穷乏的，乃是尊敬主。

32恶人在所行的恶上必被推倒； 义人临死，有所投靠。

33智慧存在聪明人心中； 愚昧人心里所存的，显而易见。

34公义使邦国高举； 罪恶是人民的羞辱。

35智慧的臣子蒙王恩惠； 贻羞的仆人遭其震怒。

1Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

2Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him.

3In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

4Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.

5A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

6A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.

7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

8The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.

9Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright — a pleasing thing.

10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

11The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

12There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.

13Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.

14From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man — from his fruits.

15The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

18The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.

19The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.

21Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

22Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,

23In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.

24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.

25A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

26In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.

27The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

28In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.

29Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

30A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.

31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

32In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous.

33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

34Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.

35The favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!