Proverbs 20
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Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
1酒能使人亵慢，浓酒使人喧嚷； 凡因酒错误的，就无智慧。
2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
2王的威吓如同狮子吼叫； 惹动他怒的，是自害己命。
3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
3远离纷争是人的尊荣； 愚妄人都爱争闹。
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
4懒惰人因冬寒不肯耕种， 到收割的时候，他必讨饭而无所得。
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
5人心怀藏谋略，好像深水， 惟明哲人才能汲引出来。
6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
6人多述说自己的仁慈， 但忠信人谁能遇着呢？
7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
7行为纯正的义人， 他的子孙是有福的！
8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
8王坐在审判的位上， 以眼目驱散诸恶。
9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
9谁能说，我洁净了我的心， 我脱净了我的罪？
10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
10两样的法码，两样的升斗， 都为耶和华所憎恶。
11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
11孩童的动作是清洁，是正直， 都显明他的本性。
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
12能听的耳，能看的眼， 都是耶和华所造的。
13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
13不要贪睡，免致贫穷； 眼要睁开，你就吃饱。
14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
14买物的说：不好，不好； 及至 买 去，他便自夸。
15There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
15有金子和许多珍珠， 惟有知识的嘴乃为贵重的珍宝。
16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
16谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服； 谁为外人 作保 ，谁就要承当。
17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
17以虚谎而得的食物，人觉甘甜； 但后来，他的口必充满尘沙。
18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
18计谋都凭筹算立定； 打仗要凭智谋。
19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
19往来传舌的，泄漏密事； 大张嘴的，不可与他结交。
20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
20咒骂父母的，他的灯必灭， 变为漆黑的黑暗。
21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
21起初速得的产业， 终久却不为福。
22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
22你不要说，我要以恶报恶； 要等候耶和华，他必拯救你。
23The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
23两样的法码为耶和华所憎恶； 诡诈的天平也为不善。
24A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
24人的脚步为耶和华所定； 人岂能明白自己的路呢？
25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
25人冒失说， 这是 圣物， 许愿之后才查问，就是自陷网罗。
26A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
26智慧的王簸散恶人， 用碌碡滚轧他们。
27The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
27人的灵是耶和华的灯， 鉴察人的心腹。
28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
28王因仁慈和诚实得以保全他的国位， 也因仁慈立稳。
29The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
29强壮乃少年人的荣耀； 白发为老年人的尊荣。
30Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
30鞭伤除净人的罪恶； 责打 能入 人的心腹。
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