Mishlĕ (Proverbs) 6
6
1My son, if you: Have become guarantor for your friend, Have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2Have been snared by the words of your own mouth, Have been caught by the words of your mouth –
3Do this at once, my son, and deliver yourself, For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go, humble yourself, and urge your friend.
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 trapper.
6Go to the ant, you lazy one! See her ways and be wise,
7Which, having no commander, overseer or ruler,
8Provides her supplies in the summer, Gathers her food in the harvest.
9How long would you lie down, O lazy one? When do you arise from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to lie down;
11And your poverty shall come like a prowler, And your need as an armed man.
12A man of Beliya‛al, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth,
13Winks with his eyes, shuffles his feet, Points with his fingers;
14Perverseness is in his heart, Plotting evil at all times, He sends out strife.
15Therefore his calamity comes suddenly; Instantly he is broken, And there is no healing.
16These six matters יהוה hates, And seven are an abomination to Him:
17A proud look, A lying tongue, And hands shedding innocent blood,
18A heart devising wicked schemes, Feet quick to run to evil,
19A false witness breathing out lies, And one who causes strife among brothers.
20My son, watch over your father’s command, And do not forsake the Torah of your mother.
21Bind them on your heart always; Tie them around your neck.
22When you are walking about, it leads you; When you lie down, it guards you. And when you have woken up, It talks to you.
23For the command is a lamp, And the Torah a light,#See Psa. 119:105 And reproofs of discipline a way of life,
24To guard you against an evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a strange woman.
25Do not desire her prettiness in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26For because of a whore One is brought to a crust of bread. And an adulteress hunts a precious life.
27Would a man take fire to his bosom, And his garments not be burned?
28Would a man walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
29So is he who goes in to his neighbour’s wife; None who touches her goes unpunished.
30They do not despise a thief If he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is starving.
31Yet if he is caught he repays sevenfold; He gives all the wealth of his house.
32He who commits adultery with a woman lacks heart; He who does it destroys his own life.
33He finds smiting and shame, And his reproach is not wiped away.
34For jealousy enrages a man, And he does not spare in the day of vengeance.
35He does not regard any ransom, Nor accept your bribe, however great!
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Proverbs 6
6
1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,
If thou hast stricken thy hand with 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,
When thou art come into the hand of thy friend;
Go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself as a roe 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 guide,
Overseer, or ruler,
8Provideth her meat in the summer,
And gathereth her food in the harvest.
9How 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:
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
And thy want as an armed man.
12A naughty person, a wicked man,
Walketh with a froward mouth.
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet,
He teacheth with his fingers;
14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually;
He soweth discord.
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
Suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16These six things doth the LORD hate:
Yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17A proud look, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
Feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19A false witness that speaketh lies,
And he that soweth discord among brethren.
20My son, keep thy father's commandment,
And forsake not the law of thy mother:
21Bind them continually upon thine heart,
And tie them about thy neck.
22When thou goest, 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 law is 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 thine heart;
Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread:
And the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27Can a man take fire in his bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?
28Can one go upon hot coals,
And his feet not be burned?
29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
Whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal
To satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;
He shall give all the substance of his house.
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:
He that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33A wound and dishonour shall he get;
And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34For jealousy is the rage of a man:
Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35He will not regard any ransom;
Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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