So be very careful how you live. Do not live like people who aren’t wise. Live like people who are wise.

你们要谨慎行事，不要像愚昧人，当像智慧人。

你们要谨慎行事，不要像无知的人，要像智慧的人。

你们要谨慎行事，不要像无知的人，要像智慧的人。

因此，你们要注意自己的生活，不要像愚昧人，要像有智慧的人。

所以，你们行事为人要谨慎，不要像愚昧人，却要像聪明人。

所以，你们要仔细察看怎样行事为人，不要像没有智慧的人，而要像有智慧的人；

你們要謹慎行事，不要像愚昧人，當像智慧人。

你們要謹慎行事，不要像無知的人，要像智慧的人。

你們要謹慎行事，不要像無知的人，要像智慧的人。

因此，你們要注意自己的生活，不要像愚昧人，要像有智慧的人。

所以，你們行事為人要謹慎，不要像愚昧人，卻要像聰明人。

所以要仔細留意、你們怎樣地行；不要做無智慧的，總要做有智慧的人。

所以，你們要仔細察看怎樣行事為人，不要像沒有智慧的人，而要像有智慧的人；

慎顧爾行、勿若無智、乃若有智、

慎所爾行、勿效無智、思齊有智、

慎爾所行、勿效無智者、宜效智者、

是以爾當小心翼翼、勿效無智、思齊有智。

Be very careful, then, how you live— not as unwise but as wise,

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk— not as unwise people but as wise—

So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise,

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk— not as unwise people but as wise—

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Therefore be very careful how you live– not as unwise but as wise,

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders. Make the most of every opportunity.

People are wise and understanding when they think about the way they live. But people are foolish when their foolish ways trick them.

Is anyone among you wise and understanding? That person should show it by living a good life. A wise person isn’t proud when they do good deeds.

People who want to get rich are tempted. They fall into a trap. They are tripped up by wanting many foolish and harmful things. Those who live like that are dragged down by what they do. They are destroyed and die.

No matter what happens, live in a way that brings honor to the good news about Christ. Then I will know that you remain strong together in the one Spirit. I will know this if I come and see you or only hear about you. I will know that you work together as one person. I will know that you work to spread the teachings about the good news.

Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. Be like babies as far as evil is concerned. But be grown up in your thinking.

“ I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as harmless as doves.

When I heard this, I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me,“ Don’t do that! I serve God, just as you do. I am God’s servant, just like believers who hold firmly to what Jesus has taught. Worship God! The Spirit of prophecy tells the truth about Jesus.”

That’s why we have not stopped praying for you. We have been praying for you since the day we heard about you. We keep asking God to fill you with the knowledge of what he wants. We pray he will give you the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.

Be sure that you don’t say no to the one who speaks. People did not escape when they said no to the one who warned them on earth. And what if we turn away from the one who warns us from heaven? How much less will we escape!

Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere. Instead, the crowd was starting to get angry. So he took water and washed his hands in front of them.“ I am not guilty of this man’s death,” he said.“ You are accountable for that!”

Jesus said to them,“ How foolish you are! How long it takes you to believe all that the prophets said!

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.

Then Jesus said to him,“ Don’t tell anyone. Go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift Moses commanded. It will be a witness to everyone.”

Are you so foolish? You began by the Holy Spirit. Are you now trying to finish God’s work in you by your own strength?

Job replied,“ You are talking like a foolish woman. We accept good things from God. So we should also accept trouble when he sends it.” In spite of everything, Job didn’t say anything that was sinful.

“ I have sinned,” he said.“ I handed over a man who is not guilty.”“ What do we care?” they replied.“ That’s your problem.”

David felt sorry that he had counted the fighting men. So he said to the Lord,“ I committed a great sin when I counted Judah and Israel’s men. Lord, I beg you to take away my guilt. I’ve done a very foolish thing.”

Make sure that no one pays back one wrong act with another. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

“ Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not speak the names of other gods. Do not even let them be heard on your lips.

You foolish people of Galatia! Who has put you under an evil spell? When I preached, I clearly showed you that Jesus Christ had been nailed to the cross.

A husband also must love his wife. He must love her just as he loves himself. And a wife must respect her husband.

Five of them were foolish. Five were wise.

I didn’t have any sense. I didn’t know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.