Proverbs 6
1 My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger.
2 thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.
Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.
Do therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:
4 Do not give sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:
7 Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:
11 so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,
13 who winks with his eyes, who speaks with his feet, who makes signs with his fingers,
He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.
14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.
With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.
15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly. Suddenly he shall be broken, and that without remedy.
To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.
16 There are six things which Jehovah hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:
Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,
19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
21 Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck.
Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
22 When thou walk, it shall lead thee. When thou sleep, it shall watch over thee. And when thou awake, it shall talk with thee.
When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.
That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.
25 Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.
Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:
26 For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?
28 Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:
31 Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:
33 Wounds and dishonor he shall get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:
34 For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,
35 He will not regard any ransom, nor will he be satisfied, though thou give many gifts.
Nor will he yield to any man’s prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.
