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| 3:1 | 我儿，不要忘记我的法则。（或作指教）你心要谨守我的诫命。 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: | ||
| 3:2 | 因为他必将长久的日子，生命的年数，与平安，加给你。 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. | ||
| 3:3 | 不可使慈爱诚实离开你。要系在你颈项上，刻在你心版上。 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: | ||
| 3:4 | 这样，你必在神和世人眼前蒙恩宠，有聪明。 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. | ||
| 3:5 | 你要专心仰赖耶和华，不可倚靠自己的聪明。 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. | ||
| 3:6 | 在你一切所行的事上，都要认定他，他必指引你的路。 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. | ||
| 3:7 | 不要自以为有智慧。要敬畏耶和华，远离恶事。 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. | ||
| 3:8 | 这便医治你的肚脐，滋润你的百骨。 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. | ||
| 3:9 | 你要以财物，和一切初熟的土产，尊荣耶和华。 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: | ||
| 3:10 | 这样，你的仓房，必充满有馀，你的酒榨，有新酒盈溢。 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. | ||
| 3:11 | 我儿，你不可轻看耶和华的管教，（或作惩治）也不可厌烦他的责备。 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: | ||
| 3:12 | 因为耶和华所爱的，他必责备。正如父亲责备所喜爱的儿子。 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. | ||
| 3:13 | 得智慧，得聪明的，这人便为有福。 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. | ||
| 3:14 | 因为得智慧胜过得银子，其利益强如精金。 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. | ||
| 3:15 | 比珍珠（或作红宝石）宝贵。你一切所喜爱的，都不足比较。 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. | ||
| 3:16 | 他右手有长寿。左手有富贵。 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. | ||
| 3:17 | 他的道是安乐，他的路全是平安。 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. | ||
| 3:18 | 他与持守他的作生命树。持定他的俱各有福。 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. | ||
| 3:19 | 耶和华以智慧立地。以聪明定天。 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. | ||
| 3:20 | 以知识使深渊裂开，使天空滴下甘露。 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. | ||
| 3:21 | 我儿，要谨守真智慧和谋略。不可使他离开你的眼目。 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: | ||
| 3:22 | 这样，他必作你的生命，颈项的美饰。 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. | ||
| 3:23 | 你就坦然行路，不至碰脚。 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. | ||
| 3:24 | 你躺下，必不惧怕。你躺卧，睡得香甜。 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. | ||
| 3:25 | 忽然来的惊恐，不要害怕。恶人遭毁灭，也不要恐惧。 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. | ||
| 3:26 | 因为耶和华是你所倚靠的。他必保守你的脚不陷入网罗。 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. | ||
| 3:27 | 你手若有行善的力量，不可推辞，就当向那应得的人施行。 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. | ||
| 3:28 | 你那里若有现成的，不可对邻舍说，去吧，明天再来，我必给你。 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. | ||
| 3:29 | 你的邻舍，既在你附近安居，你不可设计害他。 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. | ||
| 3:30 | 人未曾加害与你，不可无故与他相争。 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. | ||
| 3:31 | 不可嫉妒强暴的人，也不可选择他所行的路。 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. | ||
| 3:32 | 因为乖僻人为耶和华所憎恶。正直人为他所亲密。 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. | ||
| 3:33 | 耶和华咒诅恶人的家庭，赐福与义人的居所。 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. | ||
| 3:34 | 他讥诮那好讥诮的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. | ||
| 3:35 | 智慧人必承受尊荣。愚昧人高升也成为羞辱。 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. | ||