Proverbs 6
6
1 My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider,
2 then you are ensnared by the words of your own mouth, and taken captive by your own words.
3 Therefore, my son, do what I say, and free yourself, for you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor. Run, hurry, awaken your friend.
4 Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber.
5 Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.
7 For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader,
8 she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.
9 How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep?
10 You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep,
11 and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you.
12 An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth;
13 he winks with the eyes, touches with the foot, speaks with the finger.
14 With a depraved heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows conflict.
15 To this one, his perdition will arrive promptly, and he shall be crushed suddenly: he will no longer have any remedy.
16 Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil,
19 a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
20 My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.
21 Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.
22 When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them.
23 For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
24 So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
25 Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
26 For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
27 Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?
28 Or could he walk over burning coals, so that his feet would not be burned?
29 So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.
30 Not so great is the fault when someone has stolen. For he steals so as to satisfy a hungry soul.
31 Also, if he is apprehended, he shall repay sevenfold and hand over all the substance of his house.
32 But whoever is an adulterer, because of the emptiness of his heart, will destroy his own soul.
33 He gathers shame and dishonor to himself, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 For the jealousy and fury of the husband will not spare him on the day of vindication,
35 nor will he agree to the pleadings of anyone, nor will he accept, as repayment, a multitude of gifts.
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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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