箴言24:23-34

24:23 以下也是智慧人的箴言：審判時看人情面是不好的。
24:24 對惡人說「你是義人」的，這人萬民必咒詛，列邦必憎惡。
24:25 責備惡人的，必得喜悅；美好的福也必臨到他。
24:26 應對正直的，猶如與人親嘴。
24:27 你要在外頭預備工料，在田間辦理整齊，然後建造房屋。
24:28 不可無故作見證陷害鄰舍，也不可用嘴欺騙人。
24:29 不可說：人怎樣待我，我也怎樣待他；我必照他所行的報復他。
24:30 我經過懶惰人的田地、無知人的葡萄園，
24:31 荊棘長滿了地皮，刺草遮蓋了田面，石牆也坍塌了。
24:32 我看見就留心思想；我看著就領了訓誨。
24:33 再睡片時，打盹片時，抱著手躺臥片時，
24:34 你的貧窮就必如強盜速來，你的缺乏彷彿拿兵器的人來到。

²³ These also are sayings of the wise:

To show partiality in judging is not good:
²⁴ Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”
    will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
²⁵ But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
    and rich blessing will come on them.

²⁶ An honest answer
    is like a kiss on the lips.

²⁷ Put your outdoor work in order
    and get your fields ready;
    after that, build your house.

²⁸ Do not testify against your neighbor without cause—
    would you use your lips to mislead?
²⁹ Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
    I’ll pay them back for what they did.”

³⁰ I went past the field of a sluggard,
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
³¹ thorns had come up everywhere,
    the ground was covered with weeds,
    and the stone wall was in ruins.
³² I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:
³³ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest—
³⁴ and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

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    讀到這段箴言，讓我們認識到智慧的人不僅是敬畏上帝，更要學會為自己的生命品質負責，讓自己的財力豐富，如此不盡可以見證主的同在，更可以使人對信靠上帝有興趣。

    所以在這段經文中，充滿怎樣成為一個富有的人的教導，讓人學習成為一個有成就的人。雖然「成功神學」讓人詬病，但是我們也不要讓自己窮苦潦倒，我們要殷勤的工作，要享受我們勞碌所得的，這就是上帝的恩惠了！

    親愛弟兄姐妹，讓我們好好為我們的人生的成就努力吧！這是上帝給我們的恩召，我們絕對不能輕忽這事！