7:7 勒索使智慧人變為愚妄;賄賂能敗壞人的慧心。
7:8 事情的終局強如事情的起頭;存心忍耐的,勝過居心驕傲的。
7:9 你不要心裡急躁惱怒,因為惱怒存在愚昧人的懷中。
7:10 不要說:先前的日子強過如今的日子,是甚麼緣故呢?你這樣問,不是出於智慧。
7 Extortion
turns a wise person into a fool,
and a bribe corrupts the heart.
and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
and patience is better than pride.
9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,
for anger resides in the lap of fools.
and patience is better than pride.
9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,
for anger resides in the lap of fools.
10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions.
For it is not wise to ask such questions.
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傳道者在這裡說到會讓人變愚昧的事情:勒索、賄賂、心裡急躁惱怒、…。所以,我們要與這些事情隔絕,才不會讓自己愚昧下去!辦是如何才能隔絕這些事呢?當然要靠聖靈的保守!
聖靈就是上帝本身,祂是住在我們心裡的上帝,是因為主耶穌回到天父右邊,像天父求的,讓祂成為我們的保惠師,將上帝的愛澆灌在我們心中,使我們因著祂而被認出我們是屬上帝的兒女。
也因此,我們要成為傳道書所說的智慧人,就要信靠耶穌基督為救主,如此聖靈才會內住在我們心中,才會有上帝來的智慧,人生才會是有意義的!
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