Proverbs 6 – NIV & CCB

New International Version

Proverbs 6:1-35

Warnings Against Folly

1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,

if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

2you have been trapped by what you said,

ensnared by the words of your mouth.

3So do this, my son, to free yourself,

since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:

Go—to the point of exhaustion—6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,

and give your neighbor no rest!

4Allow no sleep to your eyes,

no slumber to your eyelids.

5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,

like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

6Go to the ant, you sluggard;

consider its ways and be wise!

7It has no commander,

no overseer or ruler,

8yet it stores its provisions in summer

and gathers its food at harvest.

9How long will you lie there, you sluggard?

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 on you like a thief

and scarcity like an armed man.

12A troublemaker and a villain,

who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

13who winks maliciously with his eye,

signals with his feet

and motions with his fingers,

14who plots evil with deceit in his heart—

he always stirs up conflict.

15Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;

he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.

16There are six things 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 are quick to rush into evil,

19a false witness who pours out lies

and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

Warning Against Adultery

20My son, keep your father’s command

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

21Bind them always on your heart;

fasten them around your neck.

22When you walk, they will guide you;

when you sleep, they will watch over you;

when you awake, they will speak to you.

23For this command is a lamp,

this teaching is a light,

and correction and instruction

are the way to life,

24keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,

from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.

25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty

or let her captivate you with her eyes.

26For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,

but another man’s wife preys on your very life.

27Can a man scoop fire into his lap

without his clothes being burned?

28Can a man walk on hot coals

without his feet being scorched?

29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;

no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30People do not despise a thief if he steals

to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

31Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,

though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

32But a man who commits adultery has no sense;

whoever does so destroys himself.

33Blows and disgrace are his lot,

and his shame will never be wiped away.

34For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,

and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

35He will not accept any compensation;

he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

箴言 6:1-35

日常警言

1孩子啊,你若为邻人作保,

为外人击掌立约;

2你若被自己口中的话套住,

被自己的诺言缠住,

3孩子啊,你已落入邻人的手中,

你当如此自救:

要谦卑地向他求情。

4勿让你的眼睛睡觉,

莫叫你的眼皮打盹。

5要救自己脱离困境,

像羚羊挣脱猎人的手,

飞鸟逃脱捕鸟人的手。

6懒惰的人啊,去看看蚂蚁,

观察它的生活,就会有智慧。

7蚂蚁没有元帅,

没有官长,

也没有君王,

8却在夏季储备粮食,

在收割时积聚食物。

9懒惰的人啊,你要躺到何时?

要睡到何时才起床?

10再睡一会儿,再打个盹儿,

抱着手躺一会儿,

11贫穷要像盗贼一样攻击你,

缺乏要像武士一样扑向你。

12无赖与恶人满口诡诈,

13挤眉弄眼,手脚示意,

14心术不正,设下诡计,惹事生非。

15因此,灾难必突然临到,

他们顷刻之间遭到毁灭,

无可挽救。

16耶和华所憎恶的事有六样,

连祂厌恶的事共有七样:

17高傲的眼睛,

撒谎的舌头,

杀害无辜的手,

18图谋诡计的心,

奔跑作恶的脚,

19撒谎的假证人和在弟兄中挑起争端的人。

20孩子啊,要遵守你父亲的诫命,

不可背弃你母亲的训言。

21你要常常将这些刻在心坎上,

系在颈项上。

22你行走,它们必引领你;

你躺卧,它们必护卫你;

你醒来,它们必与你交谈。

23因为诫命是灯,训言是光,

管教责备是生命之道,

24能使你远离邪恶的女人,

避开油嘴滑舌的妓女。

25你的心不要贪恋她的美色,

也不要被她的媚眼所迷惑,

26因为娼妓会使人倾家荡产6:26 娼妓会使人倾家荡产”或译“娼妓的淫资不过是一个饼”。

淫妇会猎杀人宝贵的生命。

27人若将火藏在怀中,

哪能不烧着衣服呢?

28人若行走在火炭上,

哪能不烫伤双脚呢?

29与别人妻子通奸也是这样,

凡靠近她的必难逃罪责。

30贼因充饥而偷,

没有人藐视他;

31但若被抓到,他要偿还七倍,

就是倾家荡产也要偿还。

32和有夫之妇通奸的,

实在愚不可及,

他是自寻死路。

33他必挨打,受辱,

他的耻辱永难抹去。

34那丈夫妒火燃烧,

报仇时绝不留情。

35赔他再多财物,他也不会接受;

送他再多礼物,他都不肯罢休。