| 22:1 | 美名胜过大财.恩宠强如金银。 | A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. |
| 22:2 | 富户穷人、在世相遇、都为耶和华所造。 | The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. |
| 22:3 | 通达人见祸藏躲.愚蒙人前往受害。 | A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
| 22:4 | 敬畏耶和华心存谦卑、就得富有、尊荣、生命为赏赐。 | By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. |
| 22:5 | 乖僻人的路上、有荆棘和网罗.保守自己生命的、必要远离。 | Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. |
| 22:6 | 教养孩童、使他走当行的道、就是到老他也不偏离。 | Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. |
| 22:7 | 富户管辖穷人.欠债的是债主的仆人。 | The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. |
| 22:8 | 撒罪孽的、必收灾祸.他逞怒的杖、也必废掉。 | He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. |
| 22:9 | 眼目慈善的、就必蒙福.因他将食物分给穷人。 | He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. |
| 22:10 | 赶出亵慢人、争端就消除、分争和羞辱、也必止息。 | Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. |
| 22:11 | 喜爱清心的人、因他嘴上的恩言、王必与他为友。 | He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. |
| 22:12 | 耶和华的眼目、眷顾聪明人.却倾败奸诈人的言语。 | The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. |
| 22:13 | 懒惰人说、外头有狮子、我在街上、就必被杀。 | The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. |
| 22:14 | 淫妇的口为深坑、耶和华所憎恶的、必陷在其中。 | The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. |
| 22:15 | 愚蒙迷住孩童的心、用管教的杖可以远远赶除。 | Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. |
| 22:16 | 欺压贫穷为要利己的、并送礼与富户的、都必缺乏。 | He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
| 22:17 | 你须侧耳听受智慧人的言语、留心领会我的知识. | Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. |
| 22:18 | 你若心中存记、嘴上咬定、这便为美。 | For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. |
| 22:19 | 我今日以此特特指教你、为要使你倚靠耶和华。 | That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. |
| 22:20 | 谋略和知识的美事、我岂没有写给你么. | Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, |
| 22:21 | 要使你知道真言的实理、你好将真言回复那打发你来的人。 | That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? |
| 22:22 | 贫穷人、你不可因他贫穷就抢夺他的物.也不可在城门口欺压困苦人. | Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: |
| 22:23 | 因耶和华必为他辨屈.抢夺他的、耶和华必夺取那人的命。 | For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. |
| 22:24 | 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 an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: |
| 22:25 | 恐怕你效法他的行为、自己就陷在网罗里。 | Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. |
| 22:26 | 不要与人击掌、不要为欠债的作保。 | Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. |
| 22:27 | 你若没有什么偿还、何必使人夺去你睡卧的床呢。 | If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? |
| 22:28 | 你先祖所立的地界、你不可挪移。 | Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. |
| 22:29 | 你看见办事殷勤的人么、他必站在君王面前.必不站在下贱人面前。 | Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. |