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Proverbs 9:1
英文原文
A parable full of beauty, and interesting in its parallelism to the parables of our Lord Matthew 22:3-4; Luke 14:16.
Seven pillars - The number is chosen as indicating completeness and perfection. God revealing Himself in nature, resting in His work, entering into covenant with human beings - these were the ideas conveyed by it.
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Proverbs 9:2
「調和她的酒」——意即以沒藥與別的香料調和，以增添風味與效力。
英文原文
Mingled her wine - i. e., with myrrh and other spices, to give flavor and strength.
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Proverbs 9:3
智慧與「愚昧的婦人」（箴言 9:13）在同等的地點說話，向同一類人說話——那些愚蒙、未決、動搖的人，正站在引到生命或死亡那兩條路的分歧點上。
英文原文
Wisdom and the "foolish woman" Proverbs 9:13 speak from the same places and to the same class - the simple, undecided, wavering, standing at the diverging point of the two paths that lead to life or death.
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Proverbs 9:5
這與福音書更高的教訓平行（比較約翰福音 6:27；馬太福音 26:26）。
英文原文
A parallel to the higher teaching of the Gospels (compare John 6:27; Matthew 26:26).
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Proverbs 9:7
這幾節看似多少打斷了智慧所發邀請的連貫。然而思想的次序乃是：「我對你們——愚蒙人、心門敞開的人——說話，因為你們還有可聽的耳；但褻慢人或作惡的人，就其本身而言，我則轉身不顧。」這些話由馬太福音 13:11 以下加以說明。
英文原文
These verses seem somewhat to interrupt the continuity of the invitation which Wisdom utters. The order of thought is, however, this: "I speak to you, the simple, the open ones, for you have yet ears to hear: but from the scorner or evil doer, as such, I turn away." The words are illustrated by Matthew 13:11 ff.
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Proverbs 9:10
聖者——希伯來文中這個詞是複數，大概與省略未寫出的 אלהים 'elohı̂ym（神）保持一致（Proverbs 30:3 亦然）。認識至聖者，與敬畏耶和華互為對應。
英文原文
The holy - The word in the Hebrew is plural, agreeing, probably, with אלהים 'elohı̂ym understood (so in Proverbs 30:3). The knowledge of the Most Holy One stands as the counterpart to the fear of Yahweh.
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Proverbs 9:12
這是個人報應的大律（比較 Matthew 7:2）。七十士譯本在本節加添了一段奇特的內容：「我兒啊，你若為自己成為智慧，你也必為你的鄰舍成為智慧；但你若變為邪惡，你必獨自承擔那惡。倚靠謊言的，必引導眾風，也必追逐有翅膀的飛鳥；因為他離棄了自己葡萄園的道路，隨著自己耕作的車輪而迷了路。他行經無水的曠野，走過乾渴之地，用自己的雙手收割荒蕪。」
英文原文
The great law of personal retribution (compare Matthew 7:2). The Septuagint makes a curious addition to this verse, "My son, if thou wilt be wise for thyself, thou shalt be wise also for thy neighbors; but if thou turn out evil, thou alone shalt bear evil. He who resteth on lies shall guide the winds, and the same shall hunt after winged birds, for he hath left the ways of his own vineyard, and has gone astray with the wheels of his own husbandry. He goeth through a wilderness without water, and over a land set in thirsty places, and with his hands he gathereth barrenness."
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Proverbs 9:13
淫婦的畫像代表感官的生活，即少年人須在智慧與她之間作出抉擇的那「愚昧」（Proverbs 9:3 註釋）。「愚蒙」取其最壞的意義，即向各樣的惡敞開。「一無所知」，是故意而無所顧忌的無知。
英文原文
The picture of the harlot as the representative of the sensual life, the Folly between which and Wisdom the young man has to make his choice (Proverbs 9:3 note). "Simple," in the worst sense, as open to all forms of evil. "Knoweth nothing," ignorant with the ignorance which is willful and reckless.
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Proverbs 9:14
可與 Proverbs 9:1 等處對照。愚昧的婦人也有她的房屋，卻不是智慧之家那樣有七根柱子的宏偉宮殿。沒有一群使女伺候她、代她邀請賓客；倒是她自己坐在門口，佔據與智慧同樣顯眼的位置，模仿智慧的聲音，向同樣的人群提出同樣的邀請（比較 Proverbs 9:16 與 Proverbs 9:4）。
英文原文
Contrast with Proverbs 9:1, etc. The foolish woman has her house, but it is no stately palace with seven pillars, like the home of Wisdom. No train of maidens wait on her, and invite her guests, but she herself sits at the door, her position as prominent as that of Wisdom, counterfeiting her voice, making the same offer to the same class (compare Proverbs 9:16 with Proverbs 9:4).
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Proverbs 9:17
這是歷世歷代、各國各方纏累人的罪，是人性內在敗壞的一個大明證。歡愉之所以吸引人，正因它被禁止（比較 Romans 7:7）。
英文原文
The besetting sin of all times and countries, the one great proof of the inherent corruption of man's nature. Pleasures are attractive because they are forbidden (compare Romans 7:7).
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Proverbs 9:18
請比較旁註經文。隨著這警告，冗長的緒論到此結束，個別箴言的彙編於焉開始。智慧與愚昧都已各自發言，二者的結局也以栩栩如生的色彩描繪出來了。如今，學習的人須自行選擇。
英文原文
Compare the marginal reference. With this warning the long introduction closes, and the collection of separate proverbs begins. Wisdom and Folly have each spoken; the issues of each have been painted in life-like hues. The learner is left to choose.
一個滿有美感的比喻，其與我們主的比喻之平行（馬太福音 22:3-4；路加福音 14:16）也饒具意味。
七根柱子——選用這數字是為表明完全與完滿。神在自然界中啟示自己、在其工作中安息、與人立約——這些便是這數字所傳達的觀念。