Proverbs 6
6
1My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,
have given your pledge for a stranger;
2if you are snared in the utterance of your lips,#6.2 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb the words of your mouth
caught in the words of your mouth;
3then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into your neighbor's power:
go, hasten,#6.3 Or humble yourself and importune your neighbor.
4Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
5save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter,#6.5 Cn: Heb hand
like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, O sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.
7Without having any chief,
officer or ruler,
8she prepares her food in summer,
and gathers her sustenance in harvest.
9How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
11and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond,
and want like an armed man.
12A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,
13winks with his eyes, scrapes#6.13 Or taps with his feet,
points with his finger,
14with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
15therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
16There are six things which the Lord hates,
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 make haste to run to evil,
19a false witness who breathes out lies,
and a man who sows discord among brothers.
20My son, keep your father's commandment,
and forsake not your mother's teaching.
21Bind them upon your heart always;
tie them about your neck.
22When you walk, they#6.22 Heb it will lead you;
when you lie down, they#6.22 Heb it will watch over you;
and when you awake, they#6.22 Heb it will talk with you.
23For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24to preserve you from the evil woman,
from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.
25Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
26for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread,#6.26 Cn Compare Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb for because of a harlot to a piece of bread
but an adulteress#6.26 Heb a man's wife stalks a man's very life.
27Can a man carry fire in his bosom
and his clothes not be burned?
28Or can one walk upon hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
none who touches her will go unpunished.
30Do not men despise#6.30 Or Men do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?
31And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold;
he will give all the goods of his house.
32He who commits adultery has no sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
33Wounds and dishonor will he get,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34For jealousy makes a man furious,
and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
35He will accept no compensation,
nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.
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Proverbs 6
6
1My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbour,
if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 you are trapped by the words of your mouth;
you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
since you have come into the hand of your neighbour.
Go, humble yourself.
Press your plea with your neighbour.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes,
nor slumber to your eyelids.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard.
Consider her ways, and be wise;
7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8 provides her bread in the summer,
and gathers her food in the harvest.
9 How long will you sleep, sluggard?
When will you arise out of your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 so your poverty will come as a robber,
and your scarcity as an armed man.
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
who motions with his fingers,
14 in whose heart is perverseness,
who devises evil continually,
who always sows discord.
15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly.
He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
16 There are six things which the LORD hates;
yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are swift in running to mischief,
19 a false witness who utters lies,
and he who sows discord amongst brothers.
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them continually on your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk, it will lead you.
When you sleep, it will watch over you.
When you awake, it will talk with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp,
and the law is light.
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
24 to keep you from the immoral woman,
from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart,
neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
and his clothes not be burnt?
28 Or can one walk on hot coals,
and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbour’s wife.
Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
30 Men don’t despise a thief
if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times.
He shall give all the wealth of his house.
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding.
He who does it destroys his own soul.
33 He will get wounds and dishonour.
His reproach will not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.
He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He won’t regard any ransom,
neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
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