Proverbs 6
Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
Proverbs 6:2
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Proverbs 6:3
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Proverbs 6:5
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 6:7
Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
Proverbs 6:8
Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 6:10
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 6:11
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
Proverbs 6:13
That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
Proverbs 6:14
In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
Proverbs 6:15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
Proverbs 6:16
There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 6:17
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 6:18
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 6:19
A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
Proverbs 6:22
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
Proverbs 6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 6:26
For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs 6:28
Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
Proverbs 6:29
So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 6:30
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
Proverbs 6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
Proverbs 6:32
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
Proverbs 6:33
Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.