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1 Mĕi míng shēng guo dà cái , ēn chǒng jiàng rú jīn yín .
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A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
2 Fù hù qióngrén , zaì shì xiāng yù , dōu wèi Yēhéhuá suǒ zào .
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Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
3 Tōngdá rén jiàn huò cáng duǒ . yú méng rén qián wǎng shòu haì .
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
4 Jìngwèi Yēhéhuá xīn cún qiābēi , jiù dé fù yǒu , zūnróng , shēngmìng , wèi shǎngcì .
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Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.
5 Guāi pì rén de lù shang , yǒu jīngjí hé wǎngluó . bǎoshǒu zìjǐ shēngmìng de . bìyào yuǎn lí .
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In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
6 Jiāo yǎng háitóng , shǐ tā zǒu dāng xíng de dào , jiù shì dào lǎo tā yĕ bù piānlí .
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Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
7 Fù hù guǎnxiá qióngrén , qiàn zhaì de shì zhaì zhǔ de púrén .
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The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 Sǎ zuìniè de , bì shōu zāihuò . tā chĕng nù de zhàng , yĕ bì feìdiào .
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Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
9 Yǎnmù cí shàn de , jiù bì méng fú . yīn tā jiāng shíwù fēn gĕi qióngrén .
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The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
10 Gǎn chū xiè màn rén , zhēng duān jiù xiāo chú , fèn zhēng hé xiūrǔ , yĕ bì zhǐxī .
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Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
11 Xǐaì qīng xīn de rén , yīn tā zuǐshang de ēn yán , wáng bì yǔ tā wèi yǒu .
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One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
12 Yēhéhuá de yǎnmù , juàngù cōngming rén . què qīng baì jiān zhà rén de yányǔ .
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The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 Lǎnduò rén shuō , waì tóu yǒu shīzi , wǒ zaì jiē shang , jiù bì beì shā .
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The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
14 Yín fù de kǒu wèi shēn kēng , Yēhéhuá suǒ zēngwù de , bì xiàn zaì qízhōng .
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The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the LORD’s wrath falls into it.
15 Yú méng mí zhù háitóng de xīn , yòng guǎngjiào de zhàng kĕyǐ yuǎn yuǎn gǎn chú .
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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
16 Qīyē pínqióng wéi yào lì jǐ de , bìng sòng lǐ yǔ fù hù de , dōu bì quē fá .
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One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
17 Nǐ xū zhāi ĕr tīng shòu zhìhuì rén de yányǔ , liú xīn lǐng huì wǒde zhīshi ,
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Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
18 Nǐ ruò xīn zhōng cún jì , zuǐshang yǎo déng , zhè biàn wèi mĕi .
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for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 Wǒ jīnrì yǐ cǐ tè tè zhǐjiào nǐ , wéi yào shǐ nǐ yǐkào Yēhéhuá .
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So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.
20 Móu lüè hé zhīshi de mĕi shì , wǒ qǐ méiyǒu xiĕ gĕi nǐ ma .
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Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21 Yào shǐ nǐ zhīdào zhēn yán de shí lǐ , nǐ hǎo jiāng zhēn yán huí fù nà dǎfa nǐ lái de rén .
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teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
22 Pínqióng rén , nǐ bùkĕ yīn tā pínqióng , jiù qiǎngduó tāde wù . yĕ bùkĕ zaì chéng ménkǒu qīyē kùnkǔ rén .
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Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
23 Yīn Yēhéhuá bì wèi tā biàn qū . qiǎngduó tāde , Yēhéhuá bì duó qǔ nà rén de méng .
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for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life.
24 Hǎo shēngqì de rén , bùkĕ yǔ tā jiéjiāo . bào nù de rén , bùkĕ yǔ tā láiwǎng .
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Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
25 Kǒngpà nǐ xiàofǎ tāde xíngwéi , zìjǐ jiù xiàn zaì wǎngluó lǐ .
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or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
26 Búyào yǔ rén jī zhǎng , búyào wèi qiàn zhaì de zuò bǎo .
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Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
27 Nǐ ruò méiyǒu shénme chánghuán , hébì shǐ rén duó qù nǐ shuì wò de chuáng ne .
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if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
28 Nǐ xiān zǔ suǒ lì de dì jiè , nǐ bùkĕ nuó yí .
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Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
29 Nǐ kànjian bàn shì yīnqín de rén ma , tā bì zhàn zaì jūnwáng miànqián , bì bù zhàn zaì xià jiàn rén miànqián .
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Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
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