Proverbs 6
1 My son, If thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand for a stranger;
My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, —have struck for a stranger thy hands,
2 If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:
Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, —thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.
3 [Then] do this by all means, my son, and deliver thyself, because thou art come into the power of thy friend, Go hasten to him, and urge thy friend.
Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;
4 Grant not any sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
5 Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;
7 She, that hath no prince, officer, or ruler,
Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,
8 Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food.
Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.
9 How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
10 “A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: —
11 But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.
So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
12 A Godless person is a man of injustice, who walketh with a distorted mouth.
An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who—goeth on in perversity of mouth;
13 He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;
Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;
14 Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad discord.
[Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.
15 Therefore shall suddenly come his calamity: unawares shalt he be broken without a remedy.
For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.
16 Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit:
These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: —
17 Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;
18 A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil,
A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;
19 A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.
One that uttereth lies—a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.
20 Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:
Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:
21 Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.
Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;
22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou art awake, it shall converse with thee.
When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and the way of life are the admonitions of correction:
For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:
24 To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.
To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.
25 Covet not her beauty in thy heart, and let her not conquer thee with her eyelids.
Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;
26 For by means of a harlot [one is brought down] to the last loaf of bread: and an adulterous woman will even hunt for the precious life,
Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread, —and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!
27 Can a man gather up fire in his lap, and shall his clothes not be burnt?
Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?
28 Can a man walk along upon hot coals, and shall his feet not be burnt?
Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?
29 So it is with him that goeth in to his neighbor's wife: no one that toucheth her shall remain unpunished.
So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
30 Men do not despise the thief, if he steal, to gratify his craving when he is hungry:
Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
31 And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.
Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.
He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
33 Plague and disgrace will he meet with; and his reproach will not be blotted out.
Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;
34 For jealousy is the fury of a husband, and he will not spare on the day of vengeance.
For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;
35 He will not regard the appearance of any ransom; and he will not be content, though thou give ever so many bribes.
He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.
