1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
1 我儿， 如果你作朋友的保证人， 替外人击掌担保；
2 如果你给自己口里的话缠累， 给你口里的话绑住；
3 我儿， 既然你落在你朋友的手中， 就要这样行， 好解救你自己， 你要自己降卑， 去恳求你的朋友。
4 不要让你的眼睛睡觉， 不要容你的眼睑打盹；
5 要解救自己， 像羚羊脱离猎人的手， 像飞鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。
6 懒惰人哪！ 你去看看蚂蚁， 察看它们所行的， 就可得着智慧。
7 蚂蚁没有元帅， 没有官长， 也没有统治者，
8 尚且在夏天预备食物， 在收割的时候积聚粮食。
9 懒惰人哪， 你要睡到几时呢？你什么时候才睡醒呢？
10 再睡片时， 打盹片时， 抱着手躺卧片时，
11 你的贫穷就必像强盗来到， 你的缺乏就必像拿兵器的人来到。
12 无赖汉、坏人到处使用欺诈的口；
13 他以眼传神， 用脚示意， 用指头指点，
14 心存乖谬， 图谋恶事， 常常散布纷争。
15 因此， 灾难必忽然临到， 他必突然毁灭， 无法挽救。
16 耶和华恨恶的事有六样， 连他心里厌恶的， 共有七样，
17 就是高傲的眼、说谎的舌头、流无辜人血的手、
18 图谋恶事的心、快跑行恶的脚、
19 说谎的假证人， 和在弟兄中散布纷争的人。
20 我儿， 要谨守你父亲的诫命， 不可离弃你母亲的训诲。
21 要把它们常常系在你的心上， 绑在你的颈项上。
22 你行走的时候， 它们必引导你； 你睡觉的时候， 它们必保护你； 你醒来的时候， 它们必和你交谈。
23 因为诫命是灯， 训诲是光， 出于管教的责备是生命之道，
24 能保护你远离邪恶的女人， 远离妓女谄媚的舌头。
25 你心里不要贪恋她的美色， 也不要给她的媚眼勾引。
26 因为妓女使人只剩一块饼， 通奸的妇人猎取人宝贵的生命。
27 如果人把火藏在怀里， 他的衣服怎能不烧着呢？
28 如果人在火炭上行走， 他的脚怎能不灼伤呢？
29 凡是和别人的妻子通奸的， 也是这样； 凡是亲近她的， 都必不免受罚。
30 盗贼因饥饿偷窃充饥， 人不会鄙视他。
31 但如果他被捉住， 就要七倍偿还， 要把他家里所有的财物都交出来。
32 和妇人通奸的， 实在无知； 行这事的， 是自我毁灭。
33 他必遭受击打， 被凌辱， 他的耻辱永不能涂抹。
34 因为嫉妒激起了丈夫的烈怒， 使他在报仇的时候， 必不留情。
35 任何赔偿， 他都不接受， 纵使你馈送许多礼物， 他也不肯罢休。