Proverbs 6
1 My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,
My son! If you have been guarantor for your friend, Have struck your hand for a stranger,
2 thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.
Have been snared with sayings of your mouth, Have been captured with sayings of your mouth,
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.
Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For you have come into the hand of your friend. Go, trample on yourself, and strengthen your friend,
4 Do not give sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Do not give sleep to your eyes, And slumber to your eyelids,
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
7 Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Which has no captain, overseer, and ruler,
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
She prepares her bread in summer, She has gathered her food in harvest.
9 How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
Until when, O slothful one, do you lie? When do you arise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
11 so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
And your poverty has come as a traveler, And your want as an armed man.
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
13 who winks with his eyes, who speaks with his feet, who makes signs with his fingers,
Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.
Contrariness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, He sends forth contentions.
15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly. Suddenly he shall be broken, and that without remedy.
Therefore his calamity comes suddenly, He is broken instantly—and no healing.
16 There are six things which Jehovah hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:
These six has YHWH hated, Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
High eyes, False tongues, And hands shedding innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
A heart devising thoughts of vanity, Feet hastening to run to evil,
19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
A false witness [who] breathes out lies, And one sending forth contentions between brothers.
20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
Keep, my son, the command of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother.
21 Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck.
Bind them on your heart continually, Tie them on your neck.
22 When thou walk, it shall lead thee. When thou sleep, it shall watch over thee. And when thou awake, it shall talk with thee.
In your going up and down, it leads you, In your lying down, it watches over you, And you have awoken—it talks [with] you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
For the command [is] a lamp, And the Law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.
To preserve you from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, And do not let her take you with her eyelids.
26 For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Does a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burned?
28 Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Does a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.
So [is] he who has gone in to the wife of his neighbor, None who touches her is innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
They do not despise the thief, When he steals to fill his soul when he is hungry,
31 Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
And being found he repays sevenfold, He gives all the substance of his house.
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks heart, He who does it is destroying his soul.
33 Wounds and dishonor he shall get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
He finds a stroke and shame, And his reproach is not wiped away,
34 For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.
35 He will not regard any ransom, nor will he be satisfied, though thou give many gifts.
He does not accept the appearance of any atonement, Indeed, he does not consent, Though you multiply bribes!
