Proverbs 6
old testament
- 1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
- 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
- 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
- 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
- 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
- 7 Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
- 8 Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
- 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- 10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
- 11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
- 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
- 13 That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
- 14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
- 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
- 16 There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
- 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
- 18 A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
- 19 A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
- 20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
- 21 Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
- 22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
- 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
- 25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- 26 For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
- 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
- 28 Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
- 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
- 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
- 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
- 32 He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
- 33 Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
- 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- 35 He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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