Proverbs

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1我儿，你若为朋友作保， 替外人击掌，

2你就被口中的话语缠住， 被嘴里的言语捉住。

3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。

4不要容你的眼睛睡觉； 不要容你的眼皮打盹。

5要救自己，如鹿脱离猎户的手， 如鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。

6懒惰人哪， 你去察看蚂蚁的动作就可得智慧。

7蚂蚁没有元帅， 没有官长，没有君王，

8尚且在夏天预备食物， 在收割时聚敛粮食。

9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。

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， 布散纷争。

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， 并弟兄中布散纷争的人。

警告勿犯淫乱

20我儿，要谨守你父亲的诫命； 不可离弃你母亲的法则，

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人若怀里搋火， 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。

Warnings against Foolishness

1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips,ensnared by the words of your mouth,

3then do this, my son, to free yourself,for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:Go, humble yourself,and press your plea with your neighbor.

4Allow no sleep to your eyesor slumber to your eyelids.

5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker;observe its ways and become wise.

7Without a commander,without an overseer or ruler,

8it prepares its provisions in summer;it gathers its food at harvest.

9How long will you lie there, O slacker?When will you get up from your sleep?

10A little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the hands to rest,

11and poverty will come upon you like a robber,and need like a bandit.

12A worthless person, a wicked man,walks with a perverse mouth,

13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet,and pointing with his fingers.

14With deceit in his heart he devises evil;he continually sows discord.

15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Warnings against Adultery

20My son, keep your father’s commandment,and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

21Bind them always upon your heart;tie them around your neck.

22When you walk, they will guide you;when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light,and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

24to keep you from the evil woman,from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

25Do not lust in your heart for her beautyor let her captivate you with her eyes.

26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty,and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

27Can a man embrace fireand his clothes not be burned?

28Can a man walk on hot coalswithout scorching his feet?

29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30Men do not despise the thiefif he steals to satisfy his hunger.

31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold;he must give up all the wealth of his house.

32He who commits adultery lacks judgment;whoever does so destroys himself.

33Wounds and dishonor will befall him,and his reproach will never be wiped away.

34For jealousy enrages a husband,and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

35He will not be appeased by any ransom,or persuaded by lavish gifts.