微读圣经

1When you sit down to dine with a ruler,

consider carefully what Or who is before you,

2and put a knife to your throat

if you have a big Lit you are the master of an appetite;

3don’t desire his choice food, Gn 27:4; Pr 23:6; Dn 1:8

for that food is deceptive.

4Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; Pr 15:27; 28:20; Mt 6:19; 1Tm 6:9-10; Heb 13:5

stop giving your attention to it.

5As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, Pr 27:24

for it makes wings for itself

and flies like an eagle to the sky.

6Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, Lit eat bread of an evil eye Dt 15:9; Pr 28:22; Mt 6:23

and don’t desire his choice food, Pr 23:3

7for it’s like someone calculating inwardly. LXX reads it is like someone swallowing a hair in the throat Mt 6:21; Lk 12:34

“Eat and drink,” he says to you,

but his heart is not with you. Pr 26:24-25

8You will vomit the little you’ve eaten

and waste your pleasant words.

9Don’t speak to Lit in the ears of a fool,

for he will despise the insight of your words. Mt 7:6

10Don’t move an ancient boundary marker, Pr 22:28

and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11for their Redeemer is strong, Jr 50:34

and He will take up their case against you. Pr 22:22-23

12Apply yourself to discipline

and listen to words of knowledge.

13Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;

if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. Pr 13:24; 19:18; 22:15

14Strike him with a rod,

and you will rescue his life from Sheol. 1Co 5:5

15My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart will indeed rejoice. Pr 10:1; 15:20; 23:24-25; 29:3

16My innermost being will cheer

when your lips say what is right. Pr 8:6

17Don’t let your heart envy sinners; Ps 37:1; Pr 24:1,19

instead, always fear the Lord. Pr 28:14

18For then you will have a future,

and your hope will never fade. Ps 9:18; Pr 10:28; 24:14; Jr 29:11

19Listen, my son, and be wise;

keep your mind on the right course.

20Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine Pr 20:1; 23:29-30; Is 5:22; Mt 24:49; Lk 21:34; Rm 13:13; Eph 5:18

or with those who gorge themselves on meat. Pr 28:7

21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,

and grogginess will clothe them in rags. Pr 6:10-11

22Listen to your father who gave you life,

and don’t despise your mother when Or because she is old. Pr 1:8; 15:20; Eph 6:1

23Buy — and do not sell — truth,

wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Pr 4:5,7; 16:16; 18:15; Mt 13:44

24The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,

and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him. Pr 10:1; 23:15; 29:3

25Let your father and mother have joy, Pr 27:11

and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

26My son, give me your heart,

and let your eyes observe my ways.

27For a prostitute is a deep pit, Pr 22:14

and a stranger is a narrow well;

28indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber Pr 6:26; 7:12,22-23; Ec 7:26

and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

29Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?

Who has wounds for no reason? Pr 23:35

Who has red eyes?

30Those who linger over wine,

those who go looking for mixed wine. Is 5:11,22

31Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, Eph 5:18

when it gleams in the cup

and goes down smoothly. Sg 7:9

32In the end it bites like a snake

and stings like a viper.

33Your eyes will see strange things,

and you will say absurd things. Or will speak perversities or inverted things Is 28:7

34You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea

or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.

35“They struck me, but LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read me,” you will say, “But I feel no pain!

They beat me, but I didn’t know it! Pr 23:29; Jr 5:3

When will I wake up?

I’ll look for another drink.” Is 56:12