第4章
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* 第 4 章
* 智慧的益处
* 箴4:1 众子啊，要听父亲的教训，留心得知聪明。
* 智慧的益处
* 箴4:1 众子啊，要听父亲的教训，留心得知聪明。
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*Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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* 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）。
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*For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
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* 箴4:3 我在父亲面前为孝子，在母亲眼中为独一的娇儿。
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*For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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* 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。
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*He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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* 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。
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*Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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* 箴4:6 不可离弃智慧，智慧就护卫你；要爱她，她就保守你。
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*Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
§13
* 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）。
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*Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
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* 箴4:8 高举智慧，她就使你高升；怀抱智慧，她就使你尊荣。
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*Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
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* 箴4:9 她必将华冠加在你头上，把荣冕交给你。
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*She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
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* 箴4:10 我儿，你要听受我的言语，就必延年益寿。
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*Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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* 箴4:11 我已指教你走智慧的道，引导你行正直的路。
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*I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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* 箴4:12 你行走，脚步必不至狭窄；你奔跑，也不至跌倒。
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*When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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* 箴4:13 要持定训诲，不可放松；必当谨守，因为她是你的生命。
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*Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
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* 箴4:14 不可行恶人的路；不要走坏人的道。
§28
*Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
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* 箴4:15 要躲避，不可经过；要转身而去。
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*Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
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* 箴4:16 这等人若不行恶，不得睡觉；不使人跌倒，睡卧不安；
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*For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
§33
* 箴4:17 因为他们以奸恶吃饼，以强暴喝酒。
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*For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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* 箴4:18 但义人的路好像黎明的光，越照越明，直到日午。
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*But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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* 箴4:19 恶人的道好像幽暗，自己不知因什么跌倒。
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*The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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* 箴4:20 我儿，要留心听我的言词，侧耳听我的话语，
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*My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
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* 箴4:21 都不可离你的眼目，要存记在你心中。
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*Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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* 箴4:22 因为得着它的，就得了生命，又得了医全体的良药。
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*For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
§45
* 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。
§46
*Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
§47
* 箴4:24 你要除掉邪僻的口，弃绝乖谬的嘴。
§48
*Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
§49
* 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。
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*Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
§51
* 箴4:26 要修平你脚下的路，坚定你一切的道。
§52
*Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
§53
* 箴4:27 不可偏向左右；要使你的脚离开邪恶。
§54
*Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.