Proverbs 6
1 My son, if you be guarantor for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger,
My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand with a stranger,
2 You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and plead with thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
Provideth her food in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your lack as an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.
A worthless person, a wicked man, walketh with a perverse mouth.
13 He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14 Perverseness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
Perverseness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16 These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination to him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them about your neck.
Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of an adulteress woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
For by means of an harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 So he that goes in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent.
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 But whoso commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.
But whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
