Proverbs 6
6
Parental Counsel
1My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,
Have given a pledge for a stranger,
2 If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
3Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
4Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,
7Which, having no chief,
Officer or ruler,
8Prepares her food in the summer
And gathers her provision in the harvest.
9How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest”—
11Your poverty will come in like a vagabond
And your need like an armed man.
12A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,
13Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
Who points with his fingers;
14Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,
Who spreads strife.
15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly;
Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.
16There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
18A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that run rapidly to evil,
19A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.
20My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
21Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
22When you walk about, they will guide you;
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.
23For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
24To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
26For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
27Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?
28Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
30Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
31But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold;
He must give all the substance of his house.
32The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense;
He who would destroy himself does it.
33Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach will not be blotted out.
34For jealousy enrages a man,
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35He will not accept any ransom,
Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts.
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Proverbs 6
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1My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger, 2thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend. 4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids: 5deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise: 7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8provideth her bread in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! 11So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
12A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth; 13he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords. 15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy. 16These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; 18a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief; 19a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
20My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; 21bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck: 22when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; 26for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul. 27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned? 28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry: 31and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance; 35he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.