Zhēnyán 6:1-19

1 Wǒ ér , nǐ ruò wèi péngyou zuò bǎo , tì waìrén jī zhǎng ,

2 Nǐ jiù beì kǒu zhōng de huà yǔ chán zhù , beì zuǐlǐ de yányǔ zhuō zhù .

3 Wǒ ér , nǐ jì luō zaì péngyou shǒu zhōng , jiù dāng zhèyàngxíng , cái kĕ jiù zìjǐ . nǐ yào zìbēi , qù kĕnqiú nǐde péngyou .

4 Búyào róng nǐde yǎnjing shuìjiào , búyào róng nǐde yǎnpí dǎdún .

5 Yào jiù zìjǐ , rú lù tuōlí lièhù de shǒu , rú diǎo tuōlí bǔ diǎo rén de shǒu .

6 Lǎnduò rén nǎ , nǐ qù chákàn mā Yǐde dòng zuò , jiù kĕ dé zhìhuì .

7 Mā yǐ méiyǒu yuán shuaì , méiyǒu guān zhǎng , méiyǒu jūnwáng ,

8 Shàngqiĕ zaì xiàtiān yùbeì shíwù , zaì shōugē shí jùliǎn liángshi .

9 Lǎnduò rén nǎ , nǐ yào shuì dào jǐshí ne . nǐ hé shí shuì xǐng ne .

10 Zaì shuì piànshí , dǎdún piànshí , bào zhe shǒu tǎng wò piànshí ,

11 Nǐde tān qióng jiù bì rú qiángdào sù lái , nǐde quē fá fǎngfú ná bīngqì de rén lái dào .

12 Wú laì de è tú , xíngdòng jiù yòng guāi pì de kǒu .

13 Yòng yǎn chuán shén , yòng jiǎo shì yì , yòng zhǐ diǎn huá .

14 Xīn zhōng guāi pì , cháng shè è móu , bù sǎn fēn zhēng .

15 Suǒyǐ zāinàn bì hūrán líndào tā shēn . tā bì qǐng kè baìhuaì wúfǎ kĕ zhì .

16 Yēhéhuá suǒ hèn è de yǒu liù yàng , lián tā xīn suǒ zēngwù de gōng yǒu qī yàng .

17 Jiù shì gāo ào de yǎn , sā huǎng de shé , liú wúgū rén xuè de shǒu ,

18 Tú móu è jì de xīn , fēi pǎo xíng è de jiǎo ,

19 Tǔ huǎng yán de jiǎ jiànzhèng , bìng dìxiōng zhōng bù sǎn fèn zhēng de rén .

Zhēnyán 6:1-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 6

In this chapter the wise man dissuades from rash suretyship; exposes the sin of idleness; describes a wicked man; makes mention of seven things hateful to God; exhorts to attend to parental instructions and precepts, and cautions against adultery. Suretyship is described, Pr 6:1; and represented as a snare and a net, in which men are taken, Pr 6:2; and advice is given what to do in such a case, for safety in it, and deliverance from it, Pr 6:3-5; The sin of slothfulness is exposed, by observing the industry of the ant, Pr 6:6-8; by expostulating with the sluggard for his continuance in sloth, and by mimicking him, Pr 6:9,10; and by the poverty it brings upon him, Pr 6:11. Then a naughty wicked man is described, by his mouth, eyes, feet, fingers, and heart, whose ruin is sudden and inevitable, Pr 6:11-15. The seven things hateful to God are particularly named, Pr 6:16-19. And next the exhortation in some preceding chapters is reassumed, to attend to the instructions of parents; which will be found ornamental, pleasant, and useful, Pr 6:20-23. Especially to preserve from the lewd woman cautioned against, Pr 6:24,25; whose company is dissuaded from; on account of the extreme poverty and distress she brings persons to, and even danger of life, Pr 6:26; from the unavoidable ruin such come into, Pr 6:27-29; from the sin of uncleanness being greater than that of theft, Pr 6:30,31; from the folly the adulterer betrays; from the destruction of his soul, and the disgrace he brings on himself, Pr 6:32,33; and from the rage and irreconcilable offence of the husband of the adulteress, Pr 6:34,35.