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 hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
2 If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:
Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with 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 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 Grant not any sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
5 Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand [of the hunter], 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; look on her ways, and become wise.
Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
7 She, that hath no prince, officer, or ruler,
Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,
8 Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food.
She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
9 How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise 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 clasping 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.
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
12 A Godless person is a man of injustice, who walketh with a distorted mouth.
A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
13 He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;
Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
14 Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad discord.
Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
15 Therefore shall suddenly come his calamity: unawares shalt he be broken without a remedy.
Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.
16 Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit:
These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
17 Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —
18 A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil,
A heart devising thoughts of vanity — Feet hasting to run to evil —
19 A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.
A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies — And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
20 Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
21 Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on 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.
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 the way of life are the admonitions of correction:
For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
24 To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Covet not her beauty in thy heart, and let her not conquer thee with her eyelids.
Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
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,
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
27 Can a man gather up fire in his lap, and shall his clothes not be burnt?
Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
28 Can a man walk along upon hot coals, and shall his feet not be burnt?
Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?
29 So it is with him that goeth in to his neighbor's wife: no one that toucheth her shall remain 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 the thief, if he steal, to gratify his craving when he is hungry:
They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,
31 And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.
And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.
He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
33 Plague and disgrace will he meet with; and his reproach will not be blotted out.
A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,
34 For jealousy is the fury of a husband, and he will not spare on 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 the appearance of any ransom; and he will not be content, though thou give ever so many bribes.
He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
