Proverbs 6
6
Against Pledges
1My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor,
if you have bound yourself#Literally “palms of your hands” to the stranger,
2if you are snared by the sayings of your mouth,
if you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,
3do this, then, my child, and save yourself,
for you have come into the palm of your neighbor’s hand:#Literally “the palm of the hand of your neighbor”
Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.
4Do not give sleep to your eyes,
or slumber to your eyelids.
5Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand,
or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Against Sloth
6Go to the ant, lazy!
Consider its ways and be wise.
7It has no chief,
officer, or ruler.
8In the summer, it prepares its food;
in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.
9How long will you lie down, lazy?
When will you rise up from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands for rest—
11like a robber#Literally “one who walks,” that is, a vagabond shall your poverty come,
and what you lack like an armed man.
Against Worthlessness
12A worthless man, an evil man,
goes around with deceitful speech.#Literally “crookedness of mouth”
13Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot,
pointing in his fingers,
14perversion in his heart, he devises evil;
at all times he will send out discord.#Or “quarrels”
15Upon such a man,#Literally “thus” suddenly shall his calamity come;
in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.#Or “repair”
What Yahweh Hates
16There are six things Yahweh hates,
and seven things are abominations of his soul:#Or “inner self”
17haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
18a devising heart, plans of deception,
feet that hurry to run to evil,#Hebrew “the evil”
19a false witness who breathes lies
and sends out discord#Or “quarrels” between brothers.
Commandment and Instruction as Guardians
20My child, keep the commandment of your father,
and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.
21Bind them on your heart continually;
tie them upon your neck.
22When you walk,#Literally “In your walking” she#That is, “commandment” and “instruction” will lead you,
When you lie down,#Literally “In your lying down” she will watch over you,
and when you awake, she will converse with you.
23For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light,
and the way of life#Hebrew “lives” is the reproof of discipline,
24in order to preserve you from an evil woman,#Or “wife”
from the smoothness of the tongue of an adulteress.#Literally “a foreign woman”
25Do not desire her beauty in your heart;
may she not capture you with her eyelashes.
26For the price of a woman, a prostitute,#Or “whore” is the price of a loaf of bread,
but the woman belonging to a man#Literally “the woman of a man” hunts precious life.
Warning Against Relations with a Married Woman
27Can a man carry fire in his lap,
and his clothes not burn?
28If a man walks upon the hot coals,
will his feet not be burned?
29Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor,
any who touches her shall not go unpunished.
30People do not despise a thief when he steals
to fill himself#Or “soul,” or “inner self” when he is hungry.
31But if he is found, he will pay sevenfold,
every possession of his house he shall give.
32He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense,#Literally “heart”
he destroys himself#Or “his soul,” or “his life” who does it.
33A wound and dishonor he will find,
and his disgrace will not be wiped out.
34For jealousy is the fury of a husband,
and he will not show restraint on the day of revenge.
35He will not accept any compensation,#Literally “the face of any compensation”
and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.
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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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