Zhēnyán 6:20-35

20 Wǒ ér , yào jǐn shǒu nǐ fùqin de jièmìng , bùkĕ lí qì nǐ mǔqin de fǎ zé . ( huò zuò zhǐjiào )

21 Yào cháng jì zaì nǐ xīn shang , guà zaì nǐ xiàng shang .

22 Nǐ xíng zǒu , tā bì yǐndǎo nǐ . nǐ tǎng wò , tā bì bǎoshǒu nǐ . nǐ shuì xǐng , tā bì yǔ nǐ tánlùn .

23 Yīnwei jièmìng shì dēng , fǎ zé ( huò zuò zhǐjiào ) shì guāng . xùn huì de zébeì shì shēngmìng de dào .

24 Néng bǎo nǐ yuǎn lí è fù , yuǎn lí waì nǚ chǎnmeì de shétou .

25 Nǐ xīn zhōng búyào liànmù tāde mĕi sè , yĕ búyào beì tāde yǎnpí gōuyǐn .

26 Yīnwei jìnǚ néng shǐ rén zhǐ shèng yī kuaì bǐng , yín fù liè qǔ rén bǎoguì de shēngmìng .

27 Rén ruò huái lǐ chuāi huǒ , yīfu qǐnéng bù shāo ne .

28 Rén ruò zaì huǒ tàn shang zǒu , jiào qǐnéng bù tàng ne .

29 Qīnjìn línshè zhī qī de , yĕ shì rúcǐ . fán āijìn tāde , bù miǎn shòu fá .

30 Zéi yīn jīè tōuqiè chōngjī , rén bù miǎoshì tā .

31 Ruò beì zhǎo zhe , tā bì péi hái qī beì . bìjiāng jiā zhōng suǒyǒude , jǐn dōu chánghuán .

32 Yǔ fùrén xíng yín de , biàn shì wúzhī , xíng zhè shì de , bì sàngdiào shēngmìng .

33 Tā bì shòushāng sún , bì beì língrǔ . tāde xiūchǐ bùdé túmǒ .

34 Yīnwei rén de jí hèn , chéng le liè nù . bàochóu de shíhou , jué bù liú qíng .

35 Shénme shújià , tā dōu bù gù . nǐ suī sòng xǔduō lǐwù , tā yĕ bù kĕn gān xiū .

Zhēnyán 6:20-35 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.