1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
1敬畏 神大有倚靠智慧婦人建立家室，愚妄婦人親手拆毀。
2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
2行事正直的，敬畏耶和華；行為乖僻的，卻藐視他。
3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
3愚妄人的口中長出驕傲的枝子；智慧人的嘴唇，能保障自己。
4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
4沒有耕牛，槽頭乾淨；出產豐盛，卻是憑著牛的力量。
5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
5誠實的證人不說謊話；虛偽的證人吐出謊言。
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
6好譏笑人的尋找智慧，卻尋不著；聰明人尋找知識，卻輕易得著。
7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
7你當離開愚昧人，因為你不會從他的嘴裡曉得知識。
8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
8精明人的智慧能分辨自己的道路；愚昧人的愚妄卻欺騙自己。
9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
9愚妄人譏笑贖愆祭，正直人中間卻有恩寵。
10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
10人的苦楚，只有自己心裡知道；心中的喜樂，外人也不能分享。
11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
11惡人的家必毀壞，正直人的帳棚卻必興盛。
12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
12有一條路，人以為是正路，走到盡頭卻是死亡之路。
13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
13人在喜笑中，心裡也會有痛苦；歡樂的結局，會是愁苦。
14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
14心中背道的，必飽嘗自己行為的惡果；善人也因自己所行的，得到善報。
15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
15愚蒙人凡話都信；精明的人卻步步謹慎。
16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
16智慧人敬畏耶和華（“智慧人敬畏耶和華”或譯：“智慧人恐懼戰兢”），遠離惡事；愚昧人卻驕傲自恃。
17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
17輕易動怒的，行事愚妄；心懷詭計的人，被人恨惡。
18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
18愚蒙人得愚妄為產業；精明的人以知識為冠冕。
19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
19壞人必俯伏在好人面前，惡人必俯伏在義人門口。
20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
20窮人連鄰舍也厭惡他；財主卻有很多人愛他。
21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
21藐視鄰舍的，是為有罪；恩待貧窮人的，是為有福。
22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
22圖謀惡事的，不是走錯了嗎？謀求善事的，必得慈愛和誠實。
23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
23一切勞苦都有益處，嘴上空談引致貧窮。
24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
24智慧人的冠冕是他們的財富；愚昧人的愚妄，始終是愚妄。
25A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
25作真見證的，救人性命；吐出謊言的，以詭詐害人。
26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
26敬畏耶和華的，大有倚靠；他的子孫也有避難所。
27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
27敬畏耶和華是生命的泉源，能使人避開死亡的網羅。
28In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
28君王的榮耀在於人民眾多，帝王的沒落由於國民寡少。
29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
29不輕易動怒的，十分聰明；輕易動怒的，大顯愚妄。
30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
30心裡平靜，可使身體健康；但嫉妒能使骨頭朽爛。
31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
31欺壓貧寒的，就是辱罵造他的主；恩待窮苦人的，就是尊敬造他的主。
32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
32惡人必因自己所行的惡事被推倒，義人死的時候仍有所倚靠。
33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
33智慧居於聰明人的心中；愚昧人心裡所存的，人所周知（“愚昧人心裡所存的，人所周知”有古譯本作“愚昧人心中一無所知”）。
34Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
34正義使國家興盛，罪惡是人民的羞辱。
35The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
35明慧的臣僕，為王喜悅；貽羞的僕人，遭王震怒。