箴言的价值
1这是大卫的儿子以色列王所罗门的箴言。
2为使人认识智慧和教诲，
领悟真知灼见；
3为使人接受劝诫，
为人处事仁义、公平、正直；
4使愚昧人明智，
使青年有知识和明辨力；
5使智者听了长学问，
明哲听了得指引；
6使人领悟箴言和比喻，
明白智者的话和谜语。
7知识始于敬畏耶和华，
愚人轻视智慧和教诲。
8孩子啊，
你要听从父亲的教诲，
不可背弃母亲的训言。
9因为这要作你头上的华冠，
颈上的项链。
10孩子啊，恶人若引诱你，
千万不要听从。
11他们若说：“跟我们来吧，
我们去埋伏杀人，
暗害无辜者取乐；
12我们要像阴间一样生吞他们，
整个吞没他们，
使他们如坠入坟墓的人；
13我们必得到各样宝物，
把战利品装满我们的房屋。
14跟我们一起干吧，
大家有福同享！”
15孩子啊，
不要走他们的道，
切莫行他们的路。
16因为他们奔向罪恶，
急速地去杀人流血。
17在飞鸟眼前设网罗，徒劳无功。
18他们埋伏，却自流己血；
他们伏击，却自害己命。
19这就是贪爱不义之财者的结局，
不义之财终要夺去他们的性命。
智慧的劝诫
20智慧在大街上高喊，
在广场上扬声，
21在热闹的市集宣告，
在城门口演说：
22“你们愚昧人喜爱愚昧，
嘲讽者以嘲弄为乐，
无知者厌恶知识，
要到什么时候呢？
23你们若因我的责备而回转，
我就向你们显明我的旨意1:23 “我就向你们显明我的旨意”希伯来文是“我就将我的灵浇灌你们”。，
叫你们明白我的话语。
24我呼唤你们，
你们却充耳不闻；
我向你们招手，
你们却视若无睹。
25你们漠视我的劝诫，
不接受我的责备。
26因此，
你们遭遇灾难时，
我必发笑；
惊恐临到你们时，
我必嗤笑——
27那时，恐惧如风暴袭击你们，
灾难如旋风临到你们，
忧愁和苦难吞没你们。
28你们呼求我，
我也不回答；
你们恳切地寻找我，
却找不到。
29因为你们厌恶知识，
不愿意敬畏耶和华，
30不接受我的劝诫，
又藐视我的责备。
31所以，你们必自食其果，
因自己的恶谋而吃尽苦头。
32愚昧人背离正道，
自招灭亡；
愚顽人逍遥自在，
毁掉自己。
33然而，那听从我的必安然居住，
得享安宁，
不怕灾祸。”
Purpose
1These are the proverbs of Solomon. He was the son of David and the king of Israel.
2Proverbs teach you wisdom and instruct you.
They help you understand wise sayings.
3They provide you with instruction and help you live wisely.
They lead to what is right and honest and fair.
4They give understanding to childish people.
They give knowledge and good sense to those who are young.
5Let wise people listen and add to what they have learned.
Let those who understand what is right get guidance.
6What I’m teaching also helps you understand proverbs and stories.
It helps you understand the sayings and riddles of those who are wise.
7If you really want to gain knowledge, you must begin by having respect for the Lord.
But foolish people hate wisdom and instruction.
Think and Live Wisely
A Warning Against Sinful Men
8My son, listen to your father’s advice.
Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
9What they teach you will be like a beautiful crown on your head.
It will be like a chain to decorate your neck.
10My son, if sinful men tempt you,
don’t give in to them.
11They might say, “Come along with us.
Let’s hide and wait to kill someone who hasn’t done anything wrong.
Let’s catch some harmless person in our trap.
12Let’s swallow them alive, as the grave does.
Let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13We’ll get all kinds of valuable things.
We’ll fill our houses with what we steal.
14Cast lots with us for what they own.
We’ll share everything we take from them.”
15My son, don’t go along with them.
Don’t even set your feet on their paths.
16They are always in a hurry to sin.
They are quick to spill someone’s blood.
17How useless it is to spread a net
where every bird can see it!
18Those who hide and wait will spill their own blood.
They will be caught in their own trap.
19That’s what happens to everyone
who goes after money in the wrong way.
That kind of money takes away
the life of those who get it.
Wisdom’s Warning
20Out in the open wisdom calls out.
She raises her voice in a public place.
21On top of the city wall she cries out.
Here is what she says near the gate of the city.
22“How long will you childish people love your childish ways?
How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others?
How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?
23Pay attention to my warning!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you.
I will make known to you my teachings.
24But you refuse to listen when I call out to you.
No one pays attention when I reach out my hand.
25You turn away from all my advice.
And you do not accept my warning.
26So I will laugh at you when you are in danger.
I will make fun of you when hard times come.
27I will laugh when hard times hit you like a storm.
I will laugh when danger comes your way like a windstorm.
I will make fun of you when suffering and trouble come.
28“Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer.
You will look for me. But you won’t find me.
29You hated knowledge.
You didn’t choose to have respect for the Lord.
30You wouldn’t accept my advice.
You turned your backs on my warnings.
31So you will eat the fruit of the way you have lived.
You will choke on the fruit of what you have planned.
32“The wrong path that childish people take will kill them.
Foolish people will be destroyed by being satisfied with the way they live.
33But those who listen to me will live in safety.
They will be at ease and have no fear of being harmed.”
