Proverbs 6
6
Warnings Against Folly
1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—#6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
and give your neighbor no rest!
4Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
11and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
12A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13who winks maliciously with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
14who plots evil with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up conflict.
15Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
16There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Warning Against Adultery
20My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.
22When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
24keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
27Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
28Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
33Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away.
34For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
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Proverbs 6
6
Against Pledges
1My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor,
if you have bound yourself#Literally “palms of your hands” to the stranger,
2if you are snared by the sayings of your mouth,
if you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,
3do this, then, my child, and save yourself,
for you have come into the palm of your neighbor’s hand:#Literally “the palm of the hand of your neighbor”
Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.
4Do not give sleep to your eyes,
or slumber to your eyelids.
5Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand,
or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Against Sloth
6Go to the ant, lazy!
Consider its ways and be wise.
7It has no chief,
officer, or ruler.
8In the summer, it prepares its food;
in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.
9How long will you lie down, lazy?
When will you rise up from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands for rest—
11like a robber#Literally “one who walks,” that is, a vagabond shall your poverty come,
and what you lack like an armed man.
Against Worthlessness
12A worthless man, an evil man,
goes around with deceitful speech.#Literally “crookedness of mouth”
13Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot,
pointing in his fingers,
14perversion in his heart, he devises evil;
at all times he will send out discord.#Or “quarrels”
15Upon such a man,#Literally “thus” suddenly shall his calamity come;
in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.#Or “repair”
What Yahweh Hates
16There are six things Yahweh hates,
and seven things are abominations of his soul:#Or “inner self”
17haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
18a devising heart, plans of deception,
feet that hurry to run to evil,#Hebrew “the evil”
19a false witness who breathes lies
and sends out discord#Or “quarrels” between brothers.
Commandment and Instruction as Guardians
20My child, keep the commandment of your father,
and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.
21Bind them on your heart continually;
tie them upon your neck.
22When you walk,#Literally “In your walking” she#That is, “commandment” and “instruction” will lead you,
When you lie down,#Literally “In your lying down” she will watch over you,
and when you awake, she will converse with you.
23For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light,
and the way of life#Hebrew “lives” is the reproof of discipline,
24in order to preserve you from an evil woman,#Or “wife”
from the smoothness of the tongue of an adulteress.#Literally “a foreign woman”
25Do not desire her beauty in your heart;
may she not capture you with her eyelashes.
26For the price of a woman, a prostitute,#Or “whore” is the price of a loaf of bread,
but the woman belonging to a man#Literally “the woman of a man” hunts precious life.
Warning Against Relations with a Married Woman
27Can a man carry fire in his lap,
and his clothes not burn?
28If a man walks upon the hot coals,
will his feet not be burned?
29Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor,
any who touches her shall not go unpunished.
30People do not despise a thief when he steals
to fill himself#Or “soul,” or “inner self” when he is hungry.
31But if he is found, he will pay sevenfold,
every possession of his house he shall give.
32He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense,#Literally “heart”
he destroys himself#Or “his soul,” or “his life” who does it.
33A wound and dishonor he will find,
and his disgrace will not be wiped out.
34For jealousy is the fury of a husband,
and he will not show restraint on the day of revenge.
35He will not accept any compensation,#Literally “the face of any compensation”
and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.
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