Proverbs 6
1 My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, —have struck for a stranger thy hands,
My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
2 Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, —thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 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;
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.
4 Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
5 Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
7 Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,
which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8 Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.
provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: —
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
11 So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
12 An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who—goeth on in perversity of mouth;
A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
13 Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;
he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14 [Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.
deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
15 For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
16 These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: —
These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
18 A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;
a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
19 One that uttereth lies—a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
20 Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:
My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
21 Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
22 When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:
when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
26 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!
for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
27 Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
28 Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29 So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
31 Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33 Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;
A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;
For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
35 He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.
he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts.
