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箴4:1 众子啊，要听父亲的教训，留心得知聪明。
KJV
箴4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
NIV
箴4:1 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
和合本
箴4:2 因我所给你们的是好教训，不可离弃我的法则（或作“指教”）。
KJV
箴4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
NIV
箴4:2 I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
和合本
箴4:3 我在父亲面前为孝子，在母亲眼中为独一的娇儿。
KJV
箴4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
NIV
箴4:3 When I was a boy in my father's house, still tender, and an only child of my mother,
和合本
箴4:4 父亲教训我说：“你心要存记我的言语，遵守我的命令，便得存活。
KJV
箴4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
NIV
箴4:4 he taught me and said, "Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live.
和合本
箴4:5 要得智慧，要得聪明，不可忘记，也不可偏离我口中的言语。
KJV
箴4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
NIV
箴4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.
和合本
箴4:6 不可离弃智慧，智慧就护卫你；要爱他，他就保守你。
KJV
箴4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
NIV
箴4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
和合本
箴4:7 智慧为首，所以要得智慧，在你一切所得之内必得聪明（或作“用你一切所得的去换聪明”）。
KJV
箴4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
NIV
箴4:7 Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
和合本
箴4:8 高举智慧，他就使你高升；怀抱智慧，他就使你尊荣。
KJV
箴4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
NIV
箴4:8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you.
和合本
箴4:9 他必将华冠加在你头上，把荣冕交给你。”
KJV
箴4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
NIV
箴4:9 She will set a garland of grace on your head and present you with a crown of splendor."
和合本
箴4:10 我儿，你要听受我的言语，就必延年益寿。
KJV
箴4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
NIV
箴4:10 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.
和合本
箴4:11 我已指教你走智慧的道，引导你行正直的路。
KJV
箴4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
NIV
箴4:11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
和合本
箴4:12 你行走，脚步必不至狭窄；你奔跑，也不至跌倒。
KJV
箴4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
NIV
箴4:12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.
和合本
箴4:13 要持定训诲，不可放松；必当谨守，因为她是你的生命。
KJV
箴4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
NIV
箴4:13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.
和合本
箴4:14 不可行恶人的路，不要走坏人的道。
KJV
箴4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
NIV
箴4:14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.
和合本
箴4:15 要躲避，不可经过，要转身而去。
KJV
箴4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
NIV
箴4:15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
和合本
箴4:16 这等人若不行恶，不得睡觉；不使人跌倒，睡卧不安。
KJV
箴4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
NIV
箴4:16 For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.
和合本
箴4:17 因为他们以奸恶吃饼，以强暴喝酒。
KJV
箴4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
NIV
箴4:17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
和合本
箴4:18 但义人的路好像黎明的光，越照越明，直到日午。
KJV
箴4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
NIV
箴4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
和合本
箴4:19 恶人的道好像幽暗，自己不知因什么跌倒。
KJV
箴4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
NIV
箴4:19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
和合本
箴4:20 我儿，要留心听我的言词，侧耳听我的话语。
KJV
箴4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
NIV
箴4:20 My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
和合本
箴4:21 都不可离你的眼目，要存记在你心中。
KJV
箴4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
NIV
箴4:21 Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
和合本
箴4:22 因为得着它的，就得了生命，又得了医全体的良药。
KJV
箴4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
NIV
箴4:22 for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body.
和合本
箴4:23 你要保守你心，胜过保守一切（或作“你要切切保守你心”），因为一生的果效，是由心发出。
KJV
箴4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
NIV
箴4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
和合本
箴4:24 你要除掉邪僻的口，弃绝乖谬的嘴。
KJV
箴4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
NIV
箴4:24 Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
和合本
箴4:25 你的眼目要向前正看，你的眼睛（原文作“皮”）当向前直观。
KJV
箴4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
NIV
箴4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.
和合本
箴4:26 要修平你脚下的路，坚定你一切的道，
KJV
箴4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
NIV
箴4:26 Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.
和合本
箴4:27 不可偏向左右，要使你的脚离开邪恶。
KJV
箴4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
NIV
箴4:27 Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.