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Proverbs, Chapters 4-9

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4:0

4:1

4:2

4:3

4:4

см.:1Пар.28:9;

4:5

4:6

см.:Прем.6:18;

см.:Дан.2:46;

см.:Притч.1:9;

см.:Притч.3:2;

4:11

4:12

4:13

4:14

см.:Пс.1:1;Притч.1:10;

4:15

4:16

см.:Есф.6:4;Пс.35:5;Мих.2:1;

4:17

см.:Притч.1:13;

4:18

см.:Пс.96:11;Мф.5:16;

4:19

см.:Втор.28:29;Ис.59:10;

4:20

4:21

4:22

см.:Пс.18:8;

4:23

см.:Мф.6:1;Евр.13:9;

4:24

4:25

см.:Иов.31:1;Сир.9:7;

4:26

см.:Евр.12:13;

4:27

см.:Втор.5:32;

Chapter 9

9:0

9:1

см.:1Тим.3:15;Евр.3:6;Откр.3:12;

9:2

9:3

см.:Лк.14:16;

9:4

см.:Мф.11:25;1Кор.1:27;

9:5

см.:Ин.6:48;Ис.55:1;

9:6

см.:Тит.2:12;

9:7

9:8

см.:Притч.15:12;Мф.7:6;

9:9

см.:Притч.27:6;

9:10

см.:Притч.1:7;

9:11

см.:Притч.10:27;

9:12

9:13

9:14

9:15

9:16

9:17

см.:Притч.20:17;Сир.23:23;

9:18

см.:Притч.7:27;

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Parental Advice

Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;

for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.

When I was a son with my father, tender, and my mother's favorite,

he taught me, and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.

Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever else you get, get insight.

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

She will place on your head a fair garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
Admonition to Keep to the Right Path

Hear, my child, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.

Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evildoers.

Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

Do not let them escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.

For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.

Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure.

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

Wisdom's Feast

Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars.

She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.

She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in the town,

“You that are simple, turn in here!” To those without sense she says,

“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”
General Maxims

Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.

A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you; the wise, when rebuked, will love you.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Folly's Invitation and Promise

The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing.

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the high places of the town,

calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,

“You who are simple, turn in here!” And to those without sense she says,

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.