Proverbs 6
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger.
My sonne, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, and hast striken hands with the stranger,
2 Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.
Thou art snared with the wordes of thy mouth: thou art euen taken with the woordes of thine owne mouth.
3 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:
Doe this nowe, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe: seeing thou art come into the hande of thy neighbour, goe, and humble thy selfe, and sollicite thy friends.
4 Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliuer thy selfe as a doe from the hande of the hunter, and as a birde from the hande of the fouler.
6 Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:
Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.
7 Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,
For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler,
8 Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Prepareth her meat in the sommer, and gathereth her foode in haruest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?
Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
10 Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:
Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.
11 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.
Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
12 A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,
The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.
13 He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.
He maketh a signe with his eyes: he signifieth with his feete: he instructeth with his fingers.
14 With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.
Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.
15 To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.
Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.
16 Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:
These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,
An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,
19 A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.
20 My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
21 Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.
22 When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.
It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee.
23 Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For the commandement is a lanterne, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,
24 That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.
To keepe thee from the wicked woman, and from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.
25 Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:
Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.
26 For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.
For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.
27 Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?
Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?
28 Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?
Or can a man go vpon coales, and his feete not be burnt?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.
So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.
30 The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:
Men do not despise a thiefe, when he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hungrie.
31 And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.
But if he be founde, he shall restore seuen folde, or he shall giue all the substance of his house.
32 But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:
But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.
33 He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:
He shall finde a wounde and dishonour, and his reproch shall neuer be put away.
34 Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,
For ielousie is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 Nor will he yield to any man’s prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.
He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.
