Proverbs

1còn chính nhân đứng vững tựa sư tử con.

2là nhờ một người hiểu biết khôn ngoan.

3khác nào cơn mưa lũ gây nên cảnh đói ăn.

4người giữ lề luật thì chống lại bọn chúng.

5nhưng ai kiếm tìm ĐỨC CHÚA thì am tường mọi sự.

6còn hơn giàu mà sống quanh co.

7kẻ bè bạn với phường bê tha làm cho cha tủi nhục.

8là gom của vào tay kẻ biết thương người nghèo.

9cả lời nó nguyện cầu cũng đáng ghê tởm.

10nhưng người sống vẹn toàn sẽ thừa hưởng hạnh phúc.

11nhưng người nghèo mà sáng suốt thì biết rõ kẻ ấy.

12khi kẻ ác đứng lên, ai cũng phải ẩn mình.

13nhưng ai xưng thú và chừa tội sẽ được xót thương.

14còn kẻ cứng lòng sẽ gặp phải tai ương.

15kẻ bất lương thống trị đám dân đen cũng vậy.

16còn ai khinh chê lợi lộc bất chính, sẽ được trường thọ.

17chẳng cần bắt nó làm chi !

18kẻ ăn ở quanh co sẽ sa vào hố bẫy.

19kẻ chạy theo chuyện phù phiếm sẽ phải chịu bần cùng.

20kẻ muốn mau giàu sẽ không thoát khỏi hình phạt.

21người ta có thể phạm tội chỉ vì một mẩu bánh.

22đâu biết rằng cảnh nghèo sắp ập đến bên mình.

23hơn kẻ chỉ buông lời xu nịnh.

24chính hắn là bạn của quân ăn cướp.

25còn ai cậy vào ĐỨC CHÚA sẽ được thịnh đạt.

26Người theo lẽ khôn ngoan, ắt sẽ được cứu thoát.

27sẽ phải chịu bao lời nguyền rủa.

28Kẻ ác sụp đổ, chính nhân lại thêm đông.

1The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

2For the sins of the land many are the princes thereof: and for the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the prince shall be prolonged.

3A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.

4They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.

5Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things.

6Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

7He that keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.

8He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.

9He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be as abomination.

10He that deceiveth the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods.

11The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out.

12In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.

13He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.

14Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind, shall fall into evil.

15As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.

16A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.

17A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.

18He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

19He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness shall be filled with poverty.

20A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

21He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.

22A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

23He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

24He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.

25He that boasteth, and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.

26He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.

27He that giveth to the poor, shall not want: he that despiseth his entreaty, shall suffer indigence.

28When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the lust shall be multiplied.