来自{publisher}1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.[1] (创9:21; 箴23:29; 箴31:4; 赛28:7; 何4:11)2The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. (民16:38; 箴8:36; 箴19:12; 哈2:10)3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. (箴17:14)4The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. (箴6:11; 箴19:15; 箴19:24)5The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. (箴18:4)6Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? (诗12:1; 箴25:14; 太6:2; 路18:11)7The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! (王上15:4; 诗37:26; 诗112:2; 箴19:1; 耶33:20)8A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes. (诗101:5; 箴16:10; 箴20:26; 箴25:5)9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? (王上8:46)10Unequal[2] weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord. (箴11:1; 箴20:23)11Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.[3] (太7:16)12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both. (出4:11; 诗94:9; 箴15:31; 箴25:12)13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. (箴6:4; 箴12:11; 箴19:15; 箴20:4; 箴31:15; 羅12:11)14“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.15There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. (伯28:18; 箴3:14)16Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[4] (伯22:6; 箴6:1; 箴22:26; 箴27:13)17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. (箴9:17; 哀3:16)18Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war. (箴11:14; 箴15:22; 箴24:6; 路14:31)19Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.[5] (箴11:13; 箴13:3; 羅16:18)20If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. (出21:17; 撒下21:17; 伯18:5; 箴30:11; 箴30:17)21An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (箴13:11)22Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you. (诗27:14; 箴17:13; 箴24:29; 太5:39; 羅12:17; 羅12:19; 帖前5:15; 彼前3:9)23Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good. (箴11:1; 箴20:10)24A man’s steps are from the Lord; how then can man understand his way? (箴16:9)25It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. (传5:4)26A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them. (赛28:27; 太3:12)27The spirit[6] of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. (箴18:8; 番1:12; 林前2:11)28Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld. (箴3:3; 箴16:12)29The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair. (箴16:31)30Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts. (箴20:27; 赛53:5)