Proverbs

1与众寡合的，独自寻求心愿， 并恼恨一切真智慧。

2愚昧人不喜爱明哲， 只喜爱显露心意。

3恶人来，藐视随来； 羞耻到，辱骂同到。

4人口中的言语如同深水； 智慧的泉源好像涌流的河水。

5瞻徇恶人的情面， 偏断义人的案件，都为不善。

6愚昧人张嘴启争端， 开口招鞭打。

7愚昧人的口自取败坏； 他的嘴是他生命的网罗。

8传舌人的言语如同美食， 深入人的心腹。

9做工懈怠的， 与浪费人为弟兄。

10耶和华的名是坚固台； 义人奔入便得安稳。

11富足人的财物是他的坚城， 在他心想，犹如高墙。

12败坏之先，人心骄傲； 尊荣以前，必有谦卑。

13未曾听完先回答的， 便是他的愚昧和羞辱。

14人有疾病，心能忍耐； 心灵忧伤，谁能承当呢？

15聪明人的心得知识； 智慧人的耳求知识。

16人的礼物为他开路， 引他到高位的人面前。

17先诉情由的，似乎有理； 但邻舍来到，就察出实情。

18掣签能止息争竞， 也能解散强胜的人。

19弟兄结怨，劝他和好，比取坚固城还难； 这样的争竞如同坚寨的门闩。

20人口中所结的果子，必充满肚腹； 他嘴所出的，必使他饱足。

21生死在舌头的权下， 喜爱它的，必吃它所结的果子。

22得着贤妻的，是得着好处， 也是蒙了耶和华的恩惠。

23贫穷人说哀求的话； 富足人用威吓的话回答。

24滥交朋友的，自取败坏； 但有一朋友比弟兄更亲密。

1A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness,and defies all sound judgment.

2A fool has no delight in understanding,but only in revealing his own opinion.

3When wickedness comes, contempt also comes,and with shame comes disgrace.

4The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters.The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

6A fool’s lips come into strife,and his mouth invites beatings.

7A fool’s mouth is his destruction,and his lips are a snare to his soul.

8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

9One who is slack in his workis brother to him who is a master of destruction.

10The LORD’s name is a strong tower:the righteous run to him, and are safe.

11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

12Before destruction the heart of man is proud,but before honor is humility.

13He who answers before he hears,that is folly and shame to him.

14A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness,but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

15The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

16A man’s gift makes room for him,and brings him before great men.

17He who pleads his cause first seems right—until another comes and questions him.

18The lot settles disputes,and keeps strong ones apart.

19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

20A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

21Death and life are in the power of the tongue;those who love it will eat its fruit.

22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,and obtains favor of the LORD.

23The poor plead for mercy,but the rich answer harshly.

24A man of many companions may be ruined,but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.