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 thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
2 thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.
Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy 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 thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,
4 Do not give sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine 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 unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
7 Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
9 How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy 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 thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy 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.
Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly. Suddenly he shall be broken, and that without remedy.
Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.
16 There are six things which Jehovah hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:
These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Eyes high — tongues false — 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 hasting to run to evil —
19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies — And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
21 Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck.
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy 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 thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked — it talketh [with] thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
For a lamp [is] the command, 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 thee 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.
Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee 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 consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
28 Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Doth 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 hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch 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 stealeth 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 repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
33 Wounds and dishonor he shall get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
A stroke and shame he doth find, 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 doth 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 accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
