Proverbs 6
6
1My son, suppose you have pledged to guarantee your neighbor's debt, or you have shaken hands in agreement with a stranger, 2then you've trapped yourself by what you promised, you've been caught by what you said.
3So this is what you have to do. You need to get out of it, because you've put yourself in that person's power. Go to your neighbor in all humility and ask him to release you from the commitment.#6:3. “To release you from the commitment”: implied. 4Don't delay, saying that you'll sleep on it. Don't rest until you've done it. 5Get out of it like a gazelle escaping from a trap, like a bird from a bird-catcher's net.
6Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise. 7They don't have a leader, an officer, or a ruler, 8yet they work hard during the summer getting their food, gathering what they need during the harvest.
9So how long are you going to lie there, you slacker? When are you going to get up from your sleep?
10You may say,#6:10. “You may say”: implied. “Please, just a little more sleep, a little longer snooze, a little more folding of the arms to rest”— 11and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.
12Rebellious and wicked people go around telling lies, 13winking slyly, giving sneaky foot gestures, rudely pointing with their fingers. 14Their warped minds plot evil schemes; they're always causing trouble. 15As a result, disaster falls suddenly on such people; in just a moment they're destroyed without hope of healing.
16There are six things that the Lord hates, seven things that he absolutely detests: 17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent, 18a mind that plots evil schemes, feet that hurriedly run to do wrong, 19a false witness that speaks lies, those who caused arguments in families.
20My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching. 21Keep them always in mind. Tie them around your neck. 22They will lead you as you walk along; they will watch over you as you sleep; when you wake up they will talk with you. 23For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from discipline is the way to life.
24It will protect you from an evil woman and the seductive words of a prostitute. 25Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes. 26You can buy a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery with another man's wife can cost you your life. 27Can you put fire in your lap and not burn your clothes? 28Can you walk on hot coals and not scorch your feet? 29It's the same for anyone who sleeps with another man's wife. No one who touches her will remain unpunished. 30People don't condemn a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he's hungry. 31But if he's caught, he has to pay back seven times what he stole, even if it means handing over everything he has in his house. 32Any man who commits adultery with a woman has no sense; he who does so destroys himself. 33He will be wounded and dishonored. His disgrace will never be removed. 34For jealousy makes a husband furious, and he won't hold back when he takes revenge. 35He refuses any compensation, and won't be paid off, however big the amount.
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Proverbs 6
6
Avoid Disaster
1My son,
if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
or pledge yourself for a stranger with a handshake,
2you are trapped by the words of your own mouth,
caught by your own promise.
3Do the following things, my son, so that you may free yourself,
because you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Humble yourself,
and pester your neighbor.
4Don’t let your eyes rest
or your eyelids close.
5Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter
and like a bird from the hand of a hunter.
6Consider the ant, you lazy bum.
Watch its ways, and become wise.
7Although it has no overseer, officer, or ruler,
8in summertime it stores its food supply.
At harvest time it gathers its food.
9How long will you lie there, you lazy bum?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10“Just a little sleep,
just a little slumber,
just a little nap.”
11Then your poverty will come ⌞to you⌟ like a drifter,
and your need will come ⌞to you⌟ like a bandit.
12A good-for-nothing scoundrel is a person who has a dishonest mouth.
13He winks his eye,
makes a signal with his foot,
⌞and⌟ points with his fingers.
14He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind.
He spreads conflict.
15That is why disaster will come on him suddenly.
In a moment he will be crushed beyond recovery.
16There are six things that the Lord hates,
even seven that are disgusting to him:
17arrogant eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that kill innocent people,
18a mind devising wicked plans,
feet that are quick to do wrong,
19a dishonest witness spitting out lies,
and a person who spreads conflict among relatives.
More Advice about Avoiding Adultery
20My son,
obey the command of your father,
and do not disregard the teachings of your mother.
21Fasten them on your heart forever.
Hang them around your neck.
22When you walk around, they will lead you.
When you lie down, they will watch over you.
When you wake up, they will talk to you
23because the command is a lamp,
the teachings are a light,
and the warnings from discipline are the path of life
24to keep you from an evil woman
and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.
25Do not desire her beauty in your heart.
Do not let her catch you with her eyes.
26A prostitute’s price is ⌞only⌟ a loaf of bread,
but a married woman hunts for ⌞your⌟ life itself.
27Can a man carry fire in his lap
without burning his clothes?
28Can anyone walk on red-hot coals
without burning his feet?
29So it is with a man who has sex with his neighbor’s wife.
None who touch her will escape punishment.
30People do not despise a thief who is hungry
when he steals to satisfy his appetite,
31but when he is caught,
he has to repay it seven times.
He must give up all the possessions in his house.
32Whoever commits adultery with a woman has no sense.
Whoever does this destroys himself.
33An adulterous man will find disease #6:33 Or “wounds.” and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be blotted out,
34because jealousy arouses a husband’s fury.
The husband will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35No amount of money will change his mind.
The largest bribe will not satisfy him.
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