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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Proverbs 6
6
Wise advice
1My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,
2you will be trapped by your words;
you will be caught by your words.
3Do this, my son, to get out of it,
for you have come under the control of your neighbor.
So go, humble yourself,#6.3 Heb uncertain and pester your neighbor.
4Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.
5Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
6Go to the ant, you lazy person;
observe its ways and grow wise.
7The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler.
8Even so, it gets its food in summer;
gathers its provisions at harvest.
9How long, lazy person, will you lie down?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to lie down—
11and poverty will come on you like a prowler,
destitution like a warrior.
12Worthless people and guilty people
go around with crooked talk.
13They wink their eyes, gesture with their feet,
and point with their fingers.
14Their hearts are corrupt and determined to do evil;
they create controversies all the time.
15Therefore, sudden disaster will come upon them;
they will be quickly broken beyond healing.
16There are six things that the LORD hates,
seven things detestable to him:
17snobbish eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that spill innocent blood,
18a heart set on wicked plans,
feet that run quickly to evil,
19a false witness who breathes lies,
and one who causes conflicts among relatives.
Danger of adultery
20My son, keep your father’s command;
don’t abandon your mother’s instruction.
21Bind them on your heart for all time;
fasten them around your neck.
22When you walk around, they will lead you;
when you lie down, they will protect you;
when you awake, they will occupy your attention.
23The commandment is a lamp and instruction a light;
corrective teaching is the path of life.
24They guard you from the evil woman,
from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman.
25Don’t desire her beauty in secret;
don’t let her take you in with her eyelashes,
26for a prostitute costs a loaf of bread,#6.26 Heb uncertain
but a married woman hunts for a man’s very life.
27Can a man scoop fire into his lap
and his clothes not get burned?
28If a man walks on hot coals,
don’t his feet get burned?
29So is the man who approaches his neighbor’s wife;
anyone who touches her will be punished.
30People don’t despise a thief if he steals
to fill his starving stomach.
31But if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold;
he must give all the riches of his house.
32He who commits adultery is senseless.
Doing so, he destroys himself.
33He is wounded and disgraced.
His shame will never be wiped away.
34Jealousy makes a man rage;
he’ll show no mercy on his day of revenge.
35He won’t accept compensation;
he’ll refuse even a large bribe.
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