旧约--箴言(proverbs)--第 23 章23:1你若与官长坐席，要留意在你面前的是谁。when thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:23:2你若是贪食的，就当拿刀放在喉咙上。and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.23:3不可贪恋他的美食，因为是哄人的食物。be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.23:4不要劳碌求富。休仗自己的聪明。labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.23:5你岂要定睛在虚无的钱财上吗。因钱财必长翅膀，如鹰向天飞去。wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.23:6不要吃恶眼人的饭。也不要贪他的美味。eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:23:7因为他心怎样思量，他为人就是怎样。他虽对你说，请吃，请喝。他的心却与你向背。for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.23:8你所吃的那点食物，必吐出来。你所说的甘美言语，也必落空。the morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.23:9你不要说话给愚昧人听。因他必藐视你智慧的言语。speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.23:10不可挪移古时的地界。也不可侵入孤儿的田地。remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:23:11因为他们的救赎主，大有能力。他必向你为他们辨屈。for their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.23:12你要留心领受训诲。侧耳听从知识的言语。apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.23:13不可不管教孩童，你用杖打他，他必不至于死。withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.23:14你要用杖打他，就可以救他的灵魂免下阴间。thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.23:15我儿你心若存智慧，我的心也甚欢喜。my son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.23:16你的嘴若说正直话，我的心肠也必快乐。yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.23:17你心中不要嫉妒罪人。只要终日敬畏耶和华。let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the lord all the day long.23:18因为至终必有善报。你的指望也不至断绝。for surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.23:19我儿，你当听，当存智慧，好在正道上引导你的心。hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.23:20好饮酒的，好吃肉的，不要与他们来往。be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:23:21因为好酒贪食的，必至贫穷。好睡觉的，必穿破烂衣服。for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.23:22你要听从生你的。你老了，也不可藐视他。hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.23:23你当买真理。就是智慧，训诲，和聪明，也都不可卖。buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.23:24义人的父亲，必大得快乐。人生智慧的儿子，必因他欢喜。the father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
23:25你要使父母欢喜。使生你的快乐。thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.23:26我儿，要将你的心归我。你的眼目，也要喜悦我的道路。my son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.23:27妓女是深坑。外女是窄阱。for a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.23:28他埋伏好像强盗，他使人中多有奸诈的。she also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.23:29谁有祸患，谁有忧愁，谁有争斗，谁有哀叹，（或作怨言）谁无故受伤，谁眼目红赤。who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?23:30就是那流连饮酒，常去寻梢调和酒的人。they that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.23:31酒发红，在杯中闪烁，你不可观看，虽然下咽舒畅，终久是咬你如蛇，刺你如毒蛇。look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.23:32*at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.23:33你眼必看见异怪的事。（异怪的事或作淫妇）你心必发出乖谬的话。thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.23:34你必像躺在海中，或像卧在桅杆上。yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.23:35你必说，人打我，我却未受伤，人鞭打我，我竟不觉得，我几时清醒，我仍去寻酒。they have stricken me, shalt thou say, and i was not sick; they have beaten me, and i felt it not: when shall i awake? i will seek it yet again.