美名比大财更可取，恩宠比金银更好。
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, / And favor is better than silver and gold.

富户穷人在一件事上都一样，就是他们都为耶和华所造。
The rich and the poor have this in common: / Jehovah is the Maker of them all.

灵巧人见祸藏躲，愚蒙人却前往受罚。
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, / But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it.

心存谦卑，敬畏耶和华，就得富有、尊荣、生命为赏赐。
The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah / Are riches and honor and life.

乖僻人的路上有荆棘和网罗；保守自己性命的，必要远离这些。
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; / He who guards his soul will keep far from them.

教养孩童走当走的道路，就是到老他也不偏离。
Train up a child according to the way he should go; / Even when he is old, he will not depart from it.

富户管辖穷人，欠债的是债主的仆人。
The rich man rules over the poor, / And the borrower is servant to the lender.

撒播不义的必收灾祸，他逞怒的杖也必废掉。
He who sows injustice will reap iniquity, / And the rod of his wrath will fail.

眼目慈善的，就必蒙福，因他将食物分给穷人。
He who is generous will be blessed, / For he gives some of his bread to the poor.

赶出亵慢人，纷争就出去；争竞和羞辱也必止息。
Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; / Indeed, strife and dishonor will cease.

喜爱心里纯洁、口中有恩言的人，王必与他为友。
He who loves pureness of heart / And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.

耶和华的眼目保守知识，但祂倾覆奸诈人的言语。
The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge, / But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.

懒惰人说，外头有狮子，我在街上必被杀害！
The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! / I will be slain in the streets!

淫妇的口为深坑；耶和华所恼怒的，必陷在其中。
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; / He with whom Jehovah is indignant will fall in there.

愚妄缠住孩童的心，用管教的杖可以将愚妄远远赶除。
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; / But the rod of correction will drive it far from him.

欺压贫穷为要多增财利的，并送礼给富户的，都必缺乏。
He who oppresses the poor to multiply his gain, / And he who gives to the rich will only come to want.

你当侧耳听智慧人的言语，留心我的知识；
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, / And apply your heart to my knowledge;

你若心中存记，嘴上准备，这便为美。
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; / Let them be ready on your lips.

我今日以此特特指教你，为要使你信靠耶和华。
So that your trust may be in Jehovah, / I have made them known to you today, even to you.

谋略和知识的美事，我岂没有写给你么？
Have not I written to you excellent things / Of counsels and knowledge,

要使你知道真理之言的确实，你好将真理之言回复那些打发你的人。
To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, / That you may answer back words of truth to those who send you?

你不可因穷人贫穷就抢夺他的物，也不可在城门口欺压困苦人；
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; / Nor oppress the afflicted in the gate;

因耶和华必为他们辨屈；抢夺他们的，耶和华必夺取那些人的命。
For Jehovah will plead their cause, / And rob the life of those who rob them.

好生气的人，不可与他结交；暴怒的人，不可与他来往；
Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, / And with a wrathful man do not go;

恐怕你学他的行径，使自己陷在网罗里。
Lest you learn his ways / And get a snare for your soul.

不要与人击掌作保，也不要为欠债的担保。
Do not be one of those who give their hand as a pledge / Or one of those who are a surety for debts.

你若没有什么偿还，何必使人夺去你睡卧的床呢？
If you have nothing with which to pay, / Why should your bed be taken away from under you?

你先祖所立古时的地界，你不可挪移。
Do not remove the ancient boundary marker, / Which your fathers have set up.

你看见办事敏捷的人么？他必站在君王面前，必不站在微贱人面前。
Do you see a man skilled in his work? / He will stand before kings; / He will not stand before obscure men.