箴言 12
1 喜愛受教的人，必喜愛智慧；憎恨規勸的人，真是糊塗。
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
2 善心的人，必得上主喜悅；心術邪惡的人，必受降罰。
A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3 沒有人作惡而能穩立，唯有義人的根基永不動搖。
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4 賢能的妻子，是她丈夫的冠冕；無恥的妻子，宛如丈夫骨中的腐蝕。
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
5 義人思念公正，惡人計劃詭譎。
The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
6 惡人的言談，是流血的陷阱；義人的口舌，設法搭救他人。
The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7 惡人一旦傾覆，便不復存在；義人的家室，卻得以久存。
The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 人憑自己的識見，獲得讚美；但心地邪僻的人，必受輕視。
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 一個自給自足的平民，比愛排場而缺食的人，更為可貴。
[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 義人珍惜禽獸的生命，惡人的心腸殘忍刻薄。
A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
11 自耕其地的人，必得飽食；追求虛幻的人，實屬愚昧。
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
12 邪惡的想望，是惡人的羅網；義人的根基，卻永不動搖。
The wicked desireth the net of evil [men: ] but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
13 惡人失口，自尋苦惱；義人卻能幸免受累。
The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
14 人必飽嘗自己口舌的果實，必按自己的行為獲得報應。
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
15 愚昧的人，常以為自己的道路正直；但明智的人，卻常聽從勸告。
The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
16 愚昧的人，立時顯出自己的憤怒；機智的人，卻忍辱而不外露。
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
17 吐露真情，是彰顯正義；作假見證，是自欺欺人。
[He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
18 出言不慎，有如利刃傷人；智者的口，卻常療愈他人。
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
19 講實話的唇舌，永垂不朽；說謊話的舌頭，瞬息即逝。
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
20 圖謀惡事的，心懷欺詐；策劃和平的，必得喜樂。
Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
21 義人常無往不利，惡人卻備受災殃。
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
22 欺詐的唇舌，為上主所深惡；行事誠實的，纔為他所中悅。
Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
23 機智的人，使自己的才學深藏不露；心中愚昧的人，只會彰顯自己的愚蠢。
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
24 勤勞的手，必要掌權；懶慢的手，只有服役。
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
25 憂鬱使人心消沉，良言使人心快活。
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
26 義人給自己的友伴指示道路，惡人的行動卻引人誤入歧途。
The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
27 懶惰的人，無米為炊；勤勞的人，腰纏萬貫。
The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
28 正義的路，導向生命；邪惡的路，引人喪亡。
In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.
